IPPS MOVE AGAINST PELVIC PAIN CHALLENGE

Join us for a rejuvenating yoga class designed to foster deep connection with your body and mind. This class focuses on pelvic floor awareness, guided breathwork, and relaxation techniques to calm the nervous system. Through a series of gentle stretches and hip-opening movements, we will release built-up tension and cultivate a sense of ease and freedom. As we nurture the body’s foundation, you'll learn to tune into your pelvic floor, and bring mindful attention to your breath, encouraging deep relaxation and balance. Whether you're new to yoga or experienced, this class offers a safe and nurturing space for all. Come unwind, stretch, and restore your body’s natural flow.

Carson is a dedicated pelvic health physical therapist and pelvic health sexuality counselor, specializing in holistic, comprehensive care. With advanced training in the psychosocial components of pain, a strong belief in the mind-body connection, and a deep understanding that nervous system regulation is the foundation for improved health, Carson empowers her patients toward better health and overall well-being. She has taught meditation and yoga classes and has developed and hosted self-care courses in New York City. With a background in pilates, weight lifting, and marathon running, Carson uses her expertise to help clients achieve all of their movement goals and feel their best.
Carson enjoys working with individuals of all genders and ages with orthopedic and pelvic health concerns, including bladder/bowel function, perinatal care, and sexual function. She is sex-positive, gender-affirming, and kink-informed, creating a safe, inclusive space to foster supportive, transformative relationships with each patient.
She is also a co-author of a textbook by The International Society for the Study of Vulvovaginal Disease on Lichens Sclerosis.
Carson resides in Brooklyn, NY. Outside of work, she can be found enjoying art, theatre, and live music around the city, and staying physically active through dancing, biking, running, swimming, hiking, and skiing whenever she can.

Yoga Flow with Dustienne Miller, PT, MS, WCS, CYT

Soften Your Pelvic Floor with Yoga. People experiencing pelvic pain may find it challenging to release pelvic floor muscle overactivity. In this class led by physical therapist and yoga teacher Dustienne Miller, we’ll spend our time exploring warm-ups, breath work, yoga postures and a guided relaxation that encourage releasing holding patterns in the pelvic floor. All levels of yoga experience welcome. You will receive an email with the event Zoom Link close to the date of the event.

Dustienne Miller, PT, MS, WCS, CYT is a board-certified women’s health physical therapist and yoga teacher. In addition to her clinical practice Flourish Physical Therapy (Boston, MA), she is the creator of the pelvic health yoga videos series ""Your Pace Yoga"". She authored a two-day continuing education course and teaches it to pelvic health rehabilitation practitioners around the country.

Prior to specializing in pelvic health, she performed in musicals around the US, worked as a physical therapist backstage for Broadway shows, and currently teaches theatre jazz dance at Boston Conservatory.

Introduced to IPPS when working for former president Amy Stein, Dustienne always looks forward to the annual meetings where she enjoys teaching the morning yoga sessions. She had the honor of presenting in Baltimore at the main conference and is always inspired by the multi-disciplinary programming, resources, and community that IPPS provides.

Pilates Flow with Kierstin Elliot PT, DPT

Her class will be grounded in breathwork, an exploration of deep core engagement, and pelvic and spinal mobility and stability. We will begin on the mat and progress up to standing functional exercises. Beginner and advanced variations will be taught. All are welcome! You will receive an email with the event Zoom Link close to the date of the event.

This is a 5K (3 miles) virtual event to support education and research to fight pelvic pain. This run is family and pet friendly. Choose your course: outdoors, treadmill or indoor track- put on your shoes and go! Fee is a donation to IPPS and you are eligible for participation prizes.

This is a 10K (6 miles) virtual event to support education and research to fight pelvic pain. This run is family and pet friendly. Choose your course-outdoors, treadmill or indoor track- put on your shoes and go! Fee is a donation to IPPS and you are eligible for participation prizes.

This is a 10K (6 miles) virtual event to support education and research to fight pelvic pain. If you like to bike this is the event for you: rider fee is a donation to IPPS and you are eligible for participation prizes. Don't forget your helmet!

This is a 20K (12.4 miles) virtual event to support education and research to fight pelvic pain. If you like to bike and have a little more stamina, this is the event for you: rider fee is a donation to IPPS and you are eligible for participation prizes. Don't forget your helmet!

Join our invigorating workshop with Ankita Khanna, blending the serenity of yoga, the power of breathwork, and the vibrant rhythms of Bollywood. Discover holistic well-being through this unique fusion of mind, body, and dance.

Ankita Khanna, is an experienced instructor in Bharatanatyam & Bollywood, a Yoga Trainer, ACSM certified Fitness Coach and is passionate about spirituality. She loves to fuse tradition with innovation, reaching diverse audiences globally, promoting wellness, and inspiring positive transformations.

Presented by IPPS past presidents Dr. Erin Carey, Kathy Witzeman
and Amy Stein, DPT.
Lecture is free is you sign up for a movement class, otherwise a suggested minimum donation of $25 to IPPS. We appreciate your support!