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no one sat us down after birth and explained what actually happened to our cores… for 9+ months your abs stretched to make room for your baby. the connective tissue down the middle (linea alba) thinned out. your pelvic floor carried extra load every single day. And for the record these are all normal adaptations! but then postpartum “core work” gets reduced to sucking in, bracing, or the cough test. NONE of that is actually teaching you to manage pressure through your whole core “canister” (diaphragm up top, pelvic floor on the bottom, abs + deep back muscles wrapping around the sides). 360 breathing into a band is one of the easiest ways to start reconnecting with it. you’re literally just breathing so it expands into your ribs, your back, your belly, **not just up into your chest**, then gently engaging on the exhale. it’s not flashy, it’s not gonna look like a workout, but my girl… it is THE foundation. if your core still doesn’t feel like “yours” postpartum, its never too late to get started on reconnecting to it this is exactly what we rebuild in the Summer Core Reset Challenge… real reconnection with your core so it actually feels like yours again. comment “let’s go” and I’ll send you the details #coreworkout #motherhood #deepcore #postpartumworkout