Your nervous system is your body’s control center, always scanning your environment for signals of safety or danger. When it senses stress, trauma, pain, or tension, it quickly shifts your body into a state of high alert. This “fight, flight, or freeze” response can be life-saving in true emergencies—but in everyday life, it may lead to patterns of chronic stress. One of the most common areas affected? Your pelvic floor. How the Nervous System Affects the Pelvic Floor The pe

You may have heard of the five senses—sight, hearing, taste, touch, and smell. But did you know your body has another important sense that often goes unnoticed? It’s called proprioception , and it plays a vital role in how you move, balance, and connect with your body every single day. What Is Proprioception? Often called the sixth sense, proprioception is your body’s ability to know where it is in space. Thanks to proprioceptors—tiny sensors in your muscles, joints, ligament