When you rest in stillness with your eyes gently closed—or softly behind the eyelids with a downward gaze—you allow the visual system to take a break. This reduces sympathetic activation and frees up energy for internal regulation: like better bladder control, digestive rhythm, and pelvic floor coordination.

The pelvic floor doesn’t operate in isolation. It’s part of a deeply interconnected system, regulated by the brain through both the somatic and autonomic nervous systems. Motor signals from the brain travel down the spinal cord and out through nerves like the pudendal, directing muscle tone, contraction, and relaxation in the pelvic floor.

But there’s more—emotions, trauma, and even thoughts can change the brain’s outputs.

Find a space - where you can just be for a few minutes - use your ribs to breathe - find 'joy' & 'calm' and spend some time breathing in joy and out calm.