In this episode of the Womben Wellness Podcast, I sit down with pelvic therapist and energy worker Shannon Tinder to dive into a part of the body most women only meet in pain or during a pap smear: the pelvic bowl.
Shannon Tinder is a Holistic healer, Intuitive Guide, and Earth Medicine Mama. She brings over 25 years of experience in women's health, somatic healing, and energy work. Her approach blends herbal wisdom, body-based practices, and ceremonial living to support deep healing and transformation.
From internal vaginal work to anal release, we explore how the tissues of the pelvis hold memories, trauma, and survival strategies - and how gentle, consent-based touch can help you unwind years of tension, shame, and "good girl" conditioning.
If you've ever experienced pain during sex, numbness, prolapse, postpartum depletion, or that deep sense of hypervigilance that lives right at your tailbone, you should definitely tune in for this one.
You'll hear about…
What internal pelvic work really is
Not " orgasm coaching," but slow fascial unwinding of the vagina, cervix, labia and pelvic bowl to release stored tension and shame.
How trauma can surface when the body finally feels safe
Shannon shares clients' stories of recovering long-buried memories of childhood abuse after internal work
Postpartum pelvic care nobody told you about
Why birth leaves the pelvis "cold," how warmth and rest prevent prolapse, and simple at-home practices (steaming, wraps, castor packs, Moxa, self-massage) to restore vitality.
Pain during sex as a message, not a life sentence
The many reasons sex can hurt - from oxalates and diet to scar tissue and unsafe partners - and how to discern when your body is saying "no more."
Hypervigilance, control & the "tight a$$" survival pattern
How chronic stress, motherhood, people-pleasing and constantly "tracking" everyone else's needs show up as clenching in the anus, sacrum, and pelvic floor.
Working with numbness & disconnection from your pelvis
Step-by-step ways to begin feeling again: heart-womb/pelvic breathing, belly massage, pelvic mapping, and using your own hands as medicine.
Why you can't think your way to healing
The limits of talk therapy, why the body moves at its own pace, and the power of somatic work to do what the mind can't.
Connect + Continue
🌐 Website: wombenwellness.com
📸 Instagram: @wombenwellness
Want to find out more about Shannon?
🌐 Website: https://www.shannontinder.com/
📸 IG: https://www.instagram.com/shannon_tinder/
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