Hi everyone-

  June was a month full of firsts, first time in Minneapolis, first time writing for a blog, first time interviewed for a print/online magazine for doctors and patients dealing with interstitial cystitis.  At one of my workshops in Minneapolis,  I had the honor of meeting a leader in the field of birthing and fetal positioning, Gail Tully.  If you or anyone you know is pregnant, you should turn them on to this website, www.spinningbabies.com 

 She and i had a great conversation about inhaling and exhaling in labor.  She wrote a piece for her blog here:

http://spinningbabies.blogspot.com/    

And then a woman's health organization in Chicago asked me to blog on their site.  Here is a piece on mula bandha and the pelvic floor that I wrote:  

www.womenshealthfoundation.org   

For years i have been trying to get some recognition from the medical community in regards to using yoga to relieve pelvic pain.  I was delighted when a reporter called for an interview for the magazine, IC Optimist.  If you or anyone you know is suffering from Interstitial Cystitis, go to my site and click on the link under PRESS for a pdf of the article:  http://lesliehowardyoga.com/bio-page/bio.html 

Keep in mind, February 2012, i will be teaching a FIVE day training to train others to teach women about the pelvic floor.  The five day training will be held at Yoga View in Chicago.

Below is my schedule for the rest of the year!   

Be well, Leslie         

Pelvic FloorWorkshops 2011     

July 9/10 - Lulu Bandhas, Ojai, CA

July 16 - Turtle Island Yoga,  San Anselmo, CA

July 24 - Ner Shalom, Sebastopol, CA

July 30 - Sunshine Yoga, Orland Park, IL 

August 21 - Rasamaya, Dover NH 

August 28 - Rasamaya, Newburyport, MA 

September 2-5 - Symposium on Yoga Therapy and Research,     Asilomar,  CA 

September 17 - Yoga Source, Los Gatos, CA  

Sept 30/Oct 1 - Dancing Dogs Yoga, Beaufort, SC

Oct 1/2 - Holy Cow Yoga, Charleston, SC  

Oct 22 - Mountain Yoga, Oakland, CA

Oct 29 - Yoga Circle, Chicago, IL

November 5/6 - Yoga Source, Santa Fe, New Mexico 

Dec 3 - Yoga Tree, San Francisco, CA