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SPREADING & TEACHING EDUCATION
Evidence-Based
Filling in the gaps in women's health & fitness by empowering groups of women 1 presentation at a time.
It's Time for
Mamas
to Learn of Their TRUE
Inner Strength
& Take Back Their
Bodies
There is a massive gap between what Mamas are told to do, what Mamas believe to be true, and what is possible for Mamas achieve.
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My goal as a fitness coach is to be an educator first to begin filling that gap.
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Because ALL Mamas Deserve Better
As a business and not-for-profit entity, the YMCA looks for companies and professionals who can partner with us to promote and expand wellness in the broadest sense to our members and community. We work with a wide range of clientele from health seekers to well conditioned athletes. We have worked with Ashton to provide beneficial services to our members and guests that we cannot provide ourselves. Partnering with her has been extremely easy, from designing classes/services that fit the needs of clientele to the final delivery of the class or session. We are extremely pleases with her professionalism and ability to relate to our members. Her compassion and understanding help our members to open up and become coachable on their path to better wellness. Working with Ashton has helped us reach and deliver high quality programs and sessions to our members that we could not have done otherwise due to our small staff and limited expertise in certain areas. I would highly recommend working with Ashton on any project, class, or presentation.
Dan Haynes
Executive Director at Nishna Valley Family YMCA, Atlantic, IA
You're never too young or too old to learn about how your body was designed to function & create stability
Hi! I'm Ashton
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And I LOVE educating Mamas!
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Sometimes I wonder if I missed my calling and should have become a teacher, but I'm grateful I'm able to combine my passion of teaching and coaching into fitness and movement.
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Because I consider this my superpower because I'm told all the time "You just have a way of teaching it that makes sense". And there is honestly nothing that brings me more joy than hearing that and see a Mama go off and make her mom life easier and better because of what I taught her.
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When I launched my business, I vowed to myself to make education at the root of how I coach because over and over in my own healing process I continued to say, "WHY is no body talking about this stuff?!?" I knew then that if I didn't, there was no way the mom without a background in movement would.
So here I am...talking about ALL the stuff! Because I firmly believe that ALL Mamas deserve better education, support, and resources.
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What women are told about their bodies, their fitness, and their lifestyle or even what their bodies are capable of is extremely vague and outdated.
Not only that, but there is more to working out than just doing the exercises. It's the how to perform them that is the missing link in women's fitness as to whether or not a woman is healing her body or contributing to core and pelvic floor dysfunction. ​
By putting on workshops, seminars, and speaking engagements is how I hope to flip the script and educate Mamas on the good their body is capable of,
the function is it able to achieve,
and the mom life she is able love.
Read What Dr. Sarah Had to Say
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Ashton did a wonderful job teaching her fitness during pregnancy workshop at our clinic. She was very organized and communication was clear and efficient during the planning phase. She had everything covered, which meant very little input from me other than to provide the space. The content Ashton shared was thorough with educational/research topics and personal experiences. Ashton also coached her client through exercises, explaining how and why the specific exercises were beneficial. The client asked several questions, which Ashton took the time to address to make sure the answers and techniques were clear and understood. I could tell she was genuine and sincere, and put her heart into helping this mamma. She intentionally promoted our clinic as well, which is always a positive with marketing to clients that are not familiar with us. We would definitely welcome Ashton back to teach again!
Dr. Sarah Raak, Owner, Webster-Certified
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Rock Chiropractic, Orange City, IA
Check out Dr. Raak's website - here
WHO DO YOU PRESENT FOR?
Any Body
The sky is the limit on who I'll come speak for because everyone needs to know this information regardless of your age and if you're a female or male.
Women have special considerations that both they and the people they choose to support their health, need more educating on. Women are not small males and it's time that the education they receive starts reflecting that.
SO IF YOU ARE OR LEAD ANY OF THESE THINGS...
Let's Connect
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Gym Owner
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Fitness Instructor
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Physical Therapist
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Pelvic Health Therapist
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Doula
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Midwife
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Podcast Host
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College Professor
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Obstetrician & Family Doctor
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Chiropractor
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Mom Group Leader
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Bible Study Leader
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Own Maternity/Children's Store
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Own Women's Clothing Store
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Hair Stylist
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Library Staff
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Cafe Owner
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School Employee
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Coach Youth Sports
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Lead Church Organizations
Ashton always does a wonderful job presenting to our members and patrons! She is highly educated, always prepared, and very organized. She has a great ability to relay complicated information in a way that is easy for attendees to understand and apply. Her presentations are engaging, vulnerable, relatable, and informative.
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I highly recommend Ashton to anyone looking for an educator and speaker on the topics of women’s health, fitness, and wellness for all stages of motherhood!
Greta Giese, Ed D.
Former Executive Director of the LifeLong Learning & Recreation Center, Sheldon, IA
Topic Ideas
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Below you'll find a list of topics that I've done presentations on in the past. But again, the sky's the limit, and I would be happy to tailor any topic any topic to fit the needs and wants of you and the Mamas you pour into.
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Core & pelvic floor education for both fitness & lifestyle
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How to integrate pelvic floor work into workouts & why it's vital for women to do so
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How to adjust training for pregnancy
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How to prepare for birth through mobilities & breathwork
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How to safely return to exercise postpartum
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Why breath is your most powerful tool
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Movement for the day after birth to 6 weeks postpartum
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How to TRULY listen to the body & how to adjust fitness & lifestyle
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How to begin a lifetime of athleticism
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Proper lifting form for women
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Discussing common pelvic floor and core dysfunctions - diastasis, incontinence, pelvic pain, low back pain, prolapse - and how to adjust movement to improve function
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Exercise adjustments for those struggling to conceive & undergoing fertility treatments
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What a return to exercise after pregnancy loss looks like
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My journey to motherhood and how I knew it was time to switch from NaPro Technology to IVF
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The Mamas You Serve Deserve This Too
Read What Stephanie Had to Say
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My name is Stephanie Ozinga and I am the owner of Breaking Boundaries Fitness & Nutrition. I work with mostly women for nutrition and training, but my specialty does not lie in breathwork, core and pelvic floor health. I asked Ashton to speak on the importance of breathwork, core and pelvic floor health to my community of over 200 women in a virtual presentation. And did she OVER DELIVER!! Her presentation was very thorough and left the women of the community with valuable and implementable advice. Several of the members reached out to say how beneficial it was to them, how much they learned and requested to have her back for more (which we will be working on)! Ashton is incredibly professional and has a wealth of knowledge, experience and empathy when it comes to her specialty in women's health.
Stephanie Ozinga, Integrative Health Practitioner, CSCS
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Breaking Boundaries Fitness & Nutrition
Check out Steph's Website - Here
​"Bringing Resilient Mama Fitness to your facility is a great way to help educate women on the importance of pelvic floor health. Women of all ages and stages of life need to hear the importance of this health topic! Having Ashton present in your facility is amazing; she is very well organized, flexible and ready to adapt to change in an instant, and great with communication. She works extremely well with a wide variety of ages and levels of fitness. I would recommend her to any organization that wants to help educate women about the importance of pelvic floor health!!!"
Allison Knox-Westmeyer
Fitness Director at the Nishna Valley Family YMCA, Atlantic, IA