A Crack in the Mask, The Felt Sense Method®, A Humanistic Approach for Managing Incontinence

Jaki Nett; M.A.

ISBN 10: 0615352200 / ISBN 13: 9780615352206

Published by Neuter Bird Press, 2010

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Synopsis:

Within the pages of A Crack in the Mask, one will find more than 100 beautiful anatomical, full color illustrations of the muscular and skeletal systems of the human body and full color photographs of yoga postures. The illustrations and photographs are pointedly placed throughout the text of A Crack in the Mask and are designed to assist you with making contact with and strengthening your muscles of the pelvic floor and others of your supportive core muscle groups and to help you with your understanding and practice of The Felt Sense Method®. I wrote this book to share my experiences as a woman who has systematically learned to control her bladder after spending years suffering with incontinence, so that other women can learn the tools to regain control over their bladders and enjoy the feeling of independence that conscious control offers. My system for regaining bladder control, which I call the Felt Sense Method, includes four steps: 1. Looking at the psychological attitudes surrounding incontinence. 2. Acquiring knowledge and understanding about the condition. 3. Gaining understanding about the pelvic muscles and developing muscle contraction skills. 4. Committing to PRACTICE!!! Approximately 20% of the U.S. female population experiences symptoms of incontinence. This book provides a holistic approach to the problem, focusing on education and awareness, both physical and psychological. I also provide personal stories to humanize and illustrate the concepts and to encourage and reassure readers that they are not alone. The FSM itself is a three-step process. The first step is psychological awareness, the second step is anatomical understanding, and the third step is physical practice of specific contraction skills. Because of my background in humanistic psychology, I how important it is to provide specific psychological strategies and practices in order to help readers make making lasting life changes to address the problem of incontinence. Because of my background as a teacher and student of yoga for over 30 years, I have adapted a number of yoga postures so that any reader can use them to reinforce and deepen the muscle contraction skills that are part of the FSM. When a woman takes charge of her condition by following the psychological and physical exercises in this book to develop her awareness and control, she can find relief from incontinence and, as an added benefit, find more joy in her mind and body through her new understanding of herself.

About the Author: Jaki Nett, M.A., wrote A Crack in the Mask: The Felt Sense Method® based on her personal experience as a woman who has endured urinary incontinence and devised a practical method for regaining control of her bladder. Jaki, a former Playboy Bunny who became a college instructor and an international yoga instructor and author, was born in Mississippi in 1944. In 1967, she became a Playboy Bunny, one of the first women of color to do so. During her nearly 12 years of Bunnydom, she turned to modeling, and for three seasons in the 1970s appeared regularly on the TV show "Love American Style." During her tenure as a Bunny, Jaki earned an AA in theater arts, a BA in interior design and art, and discovered yoga, leading to her lifetime career as an Iyengar yoga teacher. Jaki also has a master's degree in humanistic psychology and has taught at Santa Rosa Junior College in California, focusing on Psychology of Identity. Jaki has earned the Iyengar Yoga Certification Level, Intermediate Senior I. At present, Jaki is a faculty member of the Advanced Studies Program at the Iyengar Yoga Institute of San Francisco. She also teaches public yoga classes and workshops in San Francisco, St. Helena, and other locations in the United States and in Italy, Germany, Switzerland, England, and South Africa. For many years, Jaki carried large and painful uterine fibroids, which caused her to develop acute incontinence. Because of her personal need for physical and psychological healing, Jaki pioneered, through her study of psychology, anatomy, and yoga, a way to remedy weakened pelvic floor muscles: the Felt Sense Method®. This systematic approach to awareness and strengthening of the muscles of the pelvic floor brings consciousness and strength back to the pelvic area. In addition to remedying incontinence, The Felt Sense Method®, in its restoration and strengthening of lax pelvic floor muscles, can also result in an increase of sexual fulfillment for women. For men, practice of The Felt Sense Method® can lead to greater erection control. For over a decade, Jaki has been making a difference for women suffering from conditions resulting from a weak pelvic floor. Jaki helps women to strengthen their pelvic floor muscles and to gain the control offered by a healthy pelvic floor, whether the weakness is due to uterine fibroids, obesity, pregnancy, childbirth, menstruation, sexual abuse, or extreme pressure produced from heavy lifting. Jaki lives in the Napa Valley with her husband, and is the mother of an adult son. When she is not teaching classes or offering workshops elsewhere within the United States or in Europe, Jaki holds The Felt Sense Method® and Iyengar Yoga classes at her St. Helena, CA studio, Iyengar Yoga in the Napa Valley.

Bibliographic Details

Title: A Crack in the Mask, The Felt Sense Method®...
Publisher: Neuter Bird Press
Publication Date: 2010
Binding: Soft cover
Illustrator: Brock Palmer
Condition: very_good
Edition: 2nd Edition