My Journey with Diastasis Recti: A Personal and Professional Reflection – Part 3
Arriving at Integration
In 2018, I began Moving Fascia training with Ana Barretxeguren. Her approach has been transformative. I completed the Moving Fascia Foundation, Embodied Anatomy Diploma, and am currently finishing the Moving Fascia Teacher Training.
This approach gave me the missing depth—the understanding that within our fascial system tension, and movement must coexist in dynamic balance. That’s tensegrity. DIASTASIS RECTI is not just separation; it’s a signal of imbalance somewhere in the fascial matrix. And it’s never too late to make change. Never.
A Visual Sequence: Changes in My Abdominal Tone demonstrating Before and After a Fascia Release experience (2016). Taken 2 years after the birth of my third child and 12 since the birth of my first.
Today, I integrate fascia-focused movement with Pilates, DNS, Hypopressives, and the Moving Fascia myofascial release practice. I feel confident, equipped, and grounded. I’ve finally healed my diastasis, nearly 2 decades later, to a point where I feel stronger and more comfortable in my body—nearing 50—than I did at 35.
What women with DIASTASIS RECTI need is the right environment for the body to begin healing itself. That means a space where they can move slowly enough to become aware of imbalances that are significant contributors to a DIASTASIS RECTI—like rib flare or restricted diaphragm mobility—and take time to adapt their tissue and neuromuscular patterns. With awareness and the right support, they can realign, re-integrate, and find functional stability. This creates better movement strategies and starts resolving the dysfunctions that maintain diastasis.
Moving Fascia myofascial release techniques that are practiced in an integrative way with movement.
A critical component I’ve found through all this is that once you address the adhesions, tissue trauma, or fascial restrictions—the “release” phase—you must follow through with re-patterning. Once we’ve created space and an environment that allows the body to explore its new potential, we then need to introduce resistance feedback techniques. We reorganise and integrate better when we are reacting to force and load—this is how we teach the body new strategies for lasting stability. The body needs to be given a new map, one that builds strength at the right pace.
I am genuinely excited by the results I am seeing with the women I am now training, and it is inspiring to witness the positive experiences and real changes they are reporting from using this integrated approach.
The Work Ahead
Finding myself at a place where I have a more comprehensive grasp on the components affecting DIASTASIS RECTI rehabilitation, it felt like the right time to share more widely. I designed my OnDemand Postnatal Library to offer a guided reintegration pathway for women needing safe postpartum rehabilitation. It’s a place of understanding and support, where women can reconnect to their bodies, learn how to perform self-release fascial work, and follow classes paced in a way that fits with real life. It offers depth, guidance, and the space to make a real difference.
I don’t claim to be a guru, there is always more to learn and others who have value to offer. But I do claim to be ready. My goal is to:
Raise awareness of Diastasis Recti
Share the resource I’ve created: my Prenatal and Postnatal Library on my OnDemand platform
Help women access affordable, flexible support
Equip teachers working with postnatal clients
Advocate for better postnatal assessments and DIASTASIS RECTI awareness in the medical world
Help shift the focus from Kegels and crunches to intelligent, whole-body integration
It’s not just about aesthetics. Every woman deserves to feel at home in her body again. This matters—for self-worth, vitality, and how we show up in our lives.
This month, for International Diastasis Recti Awareness Month, I will be sharing insights, exercises, and practical life tips on Instagram to help women avoid and heal from DR, and I will continue to teach educational workshops to equip the next generation of movement teachers with the experience I have gained.
Final Reflections
Bodywork is a perpetual journey. And I continue to explore it. There will always be something more to understand and adapt to. Other aspects I am sure have contributed to my healing—like footwear choices and walking barefoot. The feet are our foundation, influencing pelvic and core stability. Even the dietary impact on fascia is on my radar, I am curious about how nutrition is said to effect fascia’s glide and health.
It’s an ongoing process. I want to share what I’ve learned and the skills I’ve developed to positively support a wider community of women and movement professionals—so that more people can find informed, compassionate, and effective pathways toward healing and integration.
