The Lifted Lotus - Holistic Pelvic Floor Therapy
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A Brooklyn-based pelvic floor therapy clinic specializing in pregnancy and postpartum care.
Leaking tends to get all the attention, but you can have pelvic floor dysfunction without having leaking issues.
Pelvic floor dysfunction is rarely one symptom. It’s a group of muscles that has stopped coordinating, and it shows up in whatever it happens to affect first. Urgency is often a bladder reacting to a floor that never fully lets go, so it signals full long before it is. Heaviness or pressure is a support issue, not a sign that something is about to fall out. And pain that tracks your cycle means hormone shifts are landing on tissue that’s already working too hard. All of it is treatable.
August is Pelvic Floor Dysfunction Awareness Month, which is as good a reason as any to stop filing this under normal. At our clinic in Williamsburg, Brooklyn, an appointment is an 90 minutes of hands-on work: a full assessment, manual therapy for the muscles that won’t release, and retraining the coordination piece that kegels alone were never going to fix.
None of these are just part of being a woman, and you don’t have to wait until it gets worse to be taken seriously. If any of the three sounded familiar, message us and we'll get you booked!
07/29/2026
If you're postpartum and you're still not finding yourself "in the mood", you are not alone or broken or doomed. Desire to be intimate after having a baby doesn't just bounce back on it's own. Your tissue is still healing and a pelvic floor that pushed out a baby or braced through a c-section, is often weakened, gripping, or both. Breastfeeding keeps estrogen low, which means dryness and burning that you have no control over. And a nervous system running on four hours of sleep is not going to prioritize arousal, it's going to prioritize surviving. It's all normal, and it's all things you should be aware of and should discuss with your partner if that's something you're worried about.
Your partner isn't in your body, so sometimes having gentle conversations like these can help them understand where you're at.
At our clinic in Williamsburg, Brooklyn, we treat the physical half of this every week: pain with pe*******on, scar tissue from tearing or a c-section, pelvic floor muscles that won’t release. Couples counseling can help with the emotional and connection part, and the two work well together.
We put together a guide on how to advocate for your pelvic health with your partner, with your OB, or with anyone who tells you this is just what happens after a baby. Comment or DM us “support” and we’ll send it to you 🩷
Somewhere along the way, a lot of women were handed the same BS advice about pain with s*x: use more l**e, have a glass of wine, and get through it. That’s a huge NO from us.
Painful s*x usually has a physical, findable cause. It might be a pelvic floor that’s holding tension it never released. It might be scar tissue from birth or surgery, or a nervous system that’s guarding. It doesn’t get better by pushing through or “sucking it up”, but it does get better with treatment.
At our clinic in Williamsburg, Brooklyn, we treat painful s*x every week in clients of all ages and we take it very seriously. To us, your ability to enjoy s*x is important to your treatment plan.
Marlene got into this, along with lots more topics on The Healing Core podcast with Dr. Maria (Holistic Physio Physical Therapy NYC). Comment or DM us “podcast” for the link to the episode, or check our bio.
You deserve to enjoy s*x! We won’t ever stop reminding you that.
Twenty minutes of exercises, three times a day……no thanks! But that’s the sheet that most people walk out of pelvic floor therapy holding. By week two it’s under a pile of mail and then you’re feeling guilty about not doing your exercises, and about the pile of mail.
Here’s what most people are never told: if your nervous system is stuck in fight or flight, no exercise protocol will hold. When your body thinks it’s being chased by a bear, it doesn’t prioritize digestion, sleep, pleasure, or a pelvic floor that knows how to let go. You can’t strengthen your way out of a muscle that won’t stop guarding.
At The Lifted Lotus in Williamsburg, BK, sessions are an hour of hands-on pelvic floor therapy, and the homework can look much different than you’d expect.
Marlene went deep on this with Dr. Maria () on The Healing Core podcast. DM us “podcast” for the full link, or follow the link in our bio to listen!
07/19/2026
You don’t need to apologize or feel weird about a single thing on this list. And one thing about us? We’re going to keep reminding you of that until you believe it.
Queefing during Pilates…air gets in during bridges and then air comes back out. Every instructor here has heard it a thousand times and could not care less. It’s a good sign that your pelvic is reacting to the movement!
Your libido changing through the month…desire rises and falls with your hormones. High around ovulation and lower before your period is textbook. You’re not broken in week four, you’re just in week four.
Not working out every day…if you’re exhausted, overworked, sick, need to rest, or just aren’t feeling it, that’s okay. Muscles rebuild on your days off.
Talking to your pelvic floor therapist about s*x…we encourage this!! Nothing will shock us. People tend to whisper this in the last five mins of a session, but we encourage you to bring it up in the beginning. Questions, observations, curiosity, it’s all welcome and helps us direct your treatment.
Crying on the massage table or mid pelvic floor session…the body stores a lot of stress and trauma in the hips and pelvis, and release can bring up a lot of emotions. We’re here to guide you through that. You never, ever have to apologize for any emotions that come up during sessions.
Not orgasming with pe*******on alone…most women don’t! And that’s due to anatomy. Nothing is wrong with you if it takes more stimulation for you.
Period poops…the same chemical signals that make your uterus contract get your bowels moving too. Totally, completely normal.
What else should be on this list?! We’ll do a part two soon.
07/15/2026
Spanx is not a treatment plan❕
Neither is crossing your legs before you sneeze or deciding s*x just feels different now.
If you’re leaking, feeling pelvic heaviness, or hurting during exercise past 3 months postpartum, your recovery needs more than time. And if you have none of those symptoms? You can still benefit from pelvic floor therapy postpartum.
Pregnancy changes your pelvic floor no matter how you delivered or how smooth your recovery feels. In France, pelvic floor therapy is standard postpartum care. Here, it’s more common to get a six week checkup and a wave goodbye. “Feeling fine” and “fully recovered core and pelvic floor” are not the same thing.
A postpartum assessment at our Williamsburg clinic tells you exactly where you stand: how your muscles recovered, how scar tissue is moving, how your core is managing pressure. Things to know before you go back to running, lifting, or planning a next pregnancy.
Symptoms or not, you deserve to know how your body actually healed.
When birth is traumatic, your nervous system treats the pelvic floor like a place that needs protecting. The muscles brace, hold, and stop releasing. Not because something is broken, but because your body protected you and never got the signal that it’s safe to let go.
That guarding can be unlearned through trauma-informed pelvic floor therapy. Nervous system down-regulation, gentle manual therapy and scar tissue work, and breath-led release can help get you there.
If your birth story still lives in your body, you’re not being dramatic and you’re not stuck with it.
Message us if you’re ready to book to start unlearning and we’ll get you booked with Danielle.
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202 N 4th Street
Brooklyn, NY
11249