Meet Abby Lord: Pelvic Floor Specialist, Hypopressives Coach, and Trainer of Trainers

Portrait of Abby Lord, pelvic floor specialist, Hypopressives coach, and trainer of trainers.

If you have landed here, you may be looking for help with your pelvic floor. You may be searching for answers around prolapse, leaking, pain, pressure, birth recovery, posture, breath, or movement. Or you may be a coach, trainer, or practitioner wanting to learn more about Hypopressives and how to work with the body in a more whole-person way.

Wherever you are arriving from, welcome.

I am Abby Lord, a pelvic floor specialist, movement coach, and educator with more than 12 years of experience teaching Hypopressives. Over the years, my work has grown into something much bigger than one method alone. I work both with clients who want support in their own bodies and with professionals who want to deepen the way they coach, teach, and understand pelvic health.

At the heart of all of it is one belief: pelvic floor recovery is never just about the pelvic floor.

It is about breath.
It is about posture.
It is about stress.
It is about pressure.
It is about movement history, injury, birth, hormones, strength, fear, and lived experience.

That is the lens I bring to every part of my work.

Who I am and how I work

I am known by many people through Hypopressives, and this has been a huge part of my professional life for over a decade. I am a Hypopressives coach, a trainer of trainers, and a trainer of master trainers. I have had the privilege of helping not only clients but also the next generation of Hypopressive teachers grow into their own work.

But I am not interested in offering “just another method.”

I want women, and men too if they find me, to experience something deeper than that. I want them to feel there is a way back to themselves. Not through force, shame, or being told to simply squeeze harder, but through better understanding, more intelligent movement, and a deeper respect for the history their body carries.

That means I do not look only at symptoms. I look at the whole person. I look at how someone breathes, how they stand, how they hold tension, how they manage pressure, what their body has adapted to, and what may be influencing their recovery.

For me, this is where real pelvic health work begins.

More than one method

Although many people know me through the Hypopressives Method, the way I coach and teach has been shaped by much more than that alone.

Over the years I have trained in TRE®, personal training, The Franklin Method, and K.O8 suspension training, which I have found especially useful in the world of pelvic floor dysfunction because it gives people a supported and intelligent way to build strength, coordination, and confidence.

Each of these approaches has influenced me. Not only in what I teach, but in how I think, how I observe, and how I write training courses.

They have helped me understand the body not as a set of separate parts, but as a connected, adaptive, responsive system. That has changed everything about the way I work with pelvic floor issues.

Because when you really look closely, so many pelvic health problems are not simply about “weakness.” They are about how the whole body is organising around load, tension, breath, stress, pain, fear, and compensation.

That is why my work is whole-body, breath-led, and rooted in the person’s story.

The ways you can work with me

There are different ways to work with me, depending on what kind of support you need.

If you are looking for help in your own body, I offer pelvic floor and movement support through classes, workshops, courses, and private sessions. This includes support for women dealing with leaking, prolapse, pressure, postnatal recovery, tension, breath dysfunction, and pelvic floor symptoms that often do not improve with isolated squeezing alone.

If you are just beginning, you may need a gentler way in. A place to understand your body better and start rebuilding trust in it.

If you are further along, you may be looking for more progression, more strength, or a better bridge back into exercise, running, lifting, or everyday life.

I also work with professionals. If you are a coach, trainer, therapist, or movement teacher, you can train with me through Hypopressives education and mentoring. This is not just about learning shapes or cues. It is about learning how to see the body more clearly, how to coach with more depth, and how to understand the role of posture, breath, nervous system regulation, and personal history in pelvic health recovery.

For me, good teaching is never just about technique. It is about the ability to observe, adapt, listen, and lead with understanding.

That is what I try to pass on in every training I teach.

The people who have trusted me along the way

One of the greatest privileges of this work has been the people who have trusted me with their learning, their healing, and their professional growth.

Some of my clients came to me for support in their own bodies and later went on to become trainers themselves, building businesses that now support other women in turn. Kiera of Hypopressive South West, Filippa Odevall of Moonrise Health, and Siobhan of The Core Care Hypopressives are all part of that story. Watching women grow from client to practitioner and step into their own work has been one of the most meaningful parts of my career.

Others came specifically to train with me and then went on to launch their own brilliant businesses. Some of them are here; Lucy of Bristol Hypopressives, Susannah of Movement for Pelvic Health, Emma of Life Acrobat, Françoise of Hypocore, and so many more who have each taken their training and brought it to life in their own unique way. Every one of them has helped spread this work further into the world, and I feel hugely proud to have been part of that journey.

And beyond the names people may recognise publicly, I also want to acknowledge every trainer and every client who has trusted me along the way. Every woman who arrived unsure, uncomfortable, frightened, or hopeful. Every professional who chose to learn with me, refine their eye, and deepen their understanding of pelvic health. Every person who brought their body, their questions, their fear, their commitment, and their history into this work with me.

That trust matters deeply.

No one becomes the practitioner or educator they are in isolation. My work has been shaped not only by the courses I have taken and the methods I have studied, but by every person who has allowed me to walk alongside them. Every client has taught me something. Every trainer has challenged me to keep refining how I explain, coach, and hold space for this work. I carry that gratitude with me all the time.

I have also been supported by incredible women in business and beyond, including Gemma from Gemma Gilmour Coaching and Marlene from Emerald Agency. Their support has mattered, and I think it is important to say that out loud too. Behind every evolving business, every piece of growth, and every next chapter, there are often women helping other women rise. And all the spaces and people who have stood with me and had enormous faith in my vision both women and men, including my boys and my husband - I actually have so many people to thank.

Why this matters for pelvic floor recovery

I want anyone working with the pelvic floor, whether as a client or a professional, to see just how important breath, posture, stress management, and the whole personal history of the body are in recovery.

Pelvic floor dysfunction does not appear out of nowhere.

It is shaped by life.
By how we move.
By how we brace.
By what we have been through.
By what the body has had to adapt to.

This is why I care so deeply about bringing together movement, breath, nervous system awareness, strength, and whole-body support. I want people to feel seen beyond their symptoms, and I want professionals to feel equipped to support others in a more thoughtful and complete way.

Because when we stop reducing pelvic health to one muscle group, we open the door to much better healing.

More than a method, a way back to you

More than anything, I want people to find my work and feel hope.

Not hype.
Not pressure.
Not the sense that they have failed.

Hope that their body makes sense.
Hope that recovery can be intelligent and kind.
Hope that there is a way forward.

Whether you come to me as a client, a beginner, a curious professional, or an experienced coach wanting to go deeper, my intention is the same: to help you reconnect with the body in a way that feels supportive, respectful, and real.

This is not just about another method.

It really is about a way back to yourself.

Work with me

If you are looking for support with pelvic floor recovery, movement, breath, or postural health, or if you are a professional wanting to train in Hypopressives and deepen your understanding of whole-body pelvic health, I would love to welcome you.

Explore my classes, courses, workshops, and professional trainings to find the right next step for you.