Pelvis Series
The Wise Pelvis Series - coming this fall!
Over six sessions, we'll explore the female pelvis through six different lenses.
Rather than learning a collection of exercises or quick fixes, you'll be invited into a richer understanding of your body—through embodied anatomy, movement, nervous system regulation, women's health, emotional awareness, and the wisdom held within the pelvis.
Each 75-minute session offers a unique perspective while building upon the last, creating a journey of curiosity, connection, and integration.
“I recently attended Rosie’s pelvis workshop and I honestly can’t recommend it enough. The results for me have been incredible — my pelvic floor has never felt stronger or more supported, and the lower back pain I’d been dealing with is completely gone.
What makes this experience so special is how intuitive and powerful Rosie’s approach is. It’s not just physical work — it’s deeply reconnective. I walked away feeling more in tune with my body and genuinely reconnected to my womb in a way I didn’t even realize I was missing.
If you’ve been feeling disconnected, dealing with pelvic discomfort, or just curious about deepening your relationship with your body, this workshop is such a beautiful place to start. Highly, highly recommend.”
~ Ally Mounzer CD(DONA), Master's Student in Counselling
What to expect
Each 75-minute session is designed to be both educational and experiential.
Together we'll blend evidence-informed teaching with embodied exploration, gentle movement, discussion, and reflection. You'll leave each evening with a deeper understanding of one aspect of the pelvis, along with a simple practice or reflection to carry into the weeks between sessions.
While each class can be attended on its own, the series has been thoughtfully designed as a progressive journey, allowing your understanding—and your relationship with your body—to deepen over time.
Topics include:
• Embodied anatomy and developing a felt sense of the pelvis
• Breath, movement, and the dynamic role of the pelvic floor
• The body as a living process and how our experiences shape us
• The relationship between emotions, protection, and the pelvis
• Menstrual health, postpartum recovery, and the changing seasons of a woman's life
• Integrating what you've learned into everyday movement and self-care
Who This Is For
This series is for women of all ages and stages who are curious about their bodies and want to better understand the remarkable role of the pelvis in everyday life.
Whether you're experiencing pelvic floor symptoms, recovering from birth, navigating menstrual or hormonal changes, entering menopause, or simply longing to feel more connected to yourself, you'll find a welcoming space to explore.
No previous knowledge or experience is needed—only curiosity and a willingness to listen to your body.
What We’ll Explore
Each session explores the pelvis through a different lens, drawing together anatomy, physiology, somatics, movement, and women's lived experience.
Each session is inspired by respected teachers and evidence-informed practice while reflecting my own work supporting women (including myself) through postpartum recovery, birth integration, and matrescence.
Why This Matters
The pelvis is often treated like a mechanical thing: something to strengthen, fix, tighten, or correct. Yet, the pelvis is also relational. It responds to how we breathe, how we feel, how safe we are, how much we are holding. When we meet it with listening rather than forcing, change tends to happen in quieter, deeper, and more lasting ways.
Many women know surprisingly little about one of the most important parts of their bodies.
We are often taught to ignore symptoms, disconnect from discomfort, or believe that leaking, pain, or heaviness are simply something to accept. At the same time, many conversations about pelvic health focus solely on fixing problems rather than cultivating understanding.
This series offers something different.
When we begin to understand the pelvis—not only as a collection of muscles, but as a place of support, movement, adaptation, and wisdom—we often discover greater confidence, ease, and trust in our bodies.
My hope is that you leave this series not only knowing more about your pelvis, but feeling more at home within yourself.
Practical Details
Format: In-person, small group (10-12 women)
Date: Fall 2026
Time: TBA
Duration: ~75 minutes
Location: TBA, Squamish Studio
Investment: TBA, including early bird pricing for full series
Here is a little video on the Autonomic Nervous System and the pelvis, and a little deep dive into prolapse.
Many women experience prolapse after birth, and of those many receive surgery. Yet around 30-40% of women have prolapse recur after surgery, of which 10-30% may require repeat surgery. What are they missing? And what do these women need?
About Rosie
I’m Rosie van der Heiden — postpartum practitioner and guide for women through birth, recovery, and life’s transformative passages.
My work is rooted in the understanding that the body is not a problem to solve, but a place to land in true embodiment with life.
I support women through hands-on scar tissue work, pelvic and embodied awareness, nervous system regulation, and birth integration. Much of my work lives at the meeting place of body and experience — where what has been lived, held, or endured can slowly be felt, met, and integrated.
I’m especially passionate about helping women come back into relationship with their bodies after birth — not through fixing or forcing, but through listening, presence, and respectful support.
My approach is gentle, trauma-aware, and deeply practical. It honours the intelligence of the body, the pacing of the nervous system, and the reality that healing is not something we make happen — it is something we create the conditions for.
This workshop grows out of that same way of working: unhurried, embodied, and human.