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Lauren Ohayon is the creator of Restore Your Core® (RYC®), a comprehensive and sustainable whole-body fitness program that empowers women to achieve ideal pelvic floor / core function and be strong, long, mobile and functional.
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RYC® Professional Training vs. Pelvic Core Coaching
If you work with women in movement settings, conversations about leaking, prolapse, pelvic pain, pressure, and postpartum recovery tend to surface quickly. Many women may have already spent years trying different approaches to core and pelvic floor exercise without fully understanding how breath, pressure management, movement patterns, and the pelvic floor function together. This is often what leads movement professionals to seek deeper training through programs like Pelvic Core Coaching and the RYC® Professional Training.
While both programs are designed to expand a practitioner’s understanding of pelvic floor and core function, they differ in the depth of anatomy and physiology, the way movement is taught and applied, and the kind of clinical and movement lens they develop in the practitioner.
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Who Tends to Choose Each Training
Pelvic Core Coaching
Pelvic Core Coaching is designed for certified fitness professionals – personal trainers, coaches, and group instructors – who want an entry-level introduction to pelvic floor concepts in a fitness context. The program covers foundational anatomy, recognising common pelvic floor symptoms, basic breathwork, and how to know when to refer a client to a healthcare provider. If you are brand new to this subject area and want a contained starting point that fits within a fitness coaching scope of practice, Pelvic Core Coaching positions itself as an accessible first step.
RYC® Professional Training
The RYC® Professional Training draws participants from a wide range of backgrounds, including physiotherapists, pelvic floor PTs, occupational therapists, massage therapists, Pilates and yoga teachers, midwives, doulas, osteopaths, chiropractors, licences massage therapists, personal trainers, and people entering this work from entirely different professions. Some arrive with decades of clinical experience behind them, while others are at the beginning of their professional journey. What tends to bring people into the training is a desire to understand the body more deeply and to make sense of the gaps they continue noticing in conventional approaches, particularly when clients’ symptoms, movement patterns, or healing experiences don’t follow predictable formulas.
The training is built around a whole-system, bio-psycho-social and neurological-aware view of the body, exploring the relationships between breath, pressure, nervous system function, movement strategy, and pelvic floor and core mechanics in a way that extends far beyond condition-based protocols alone.
Training Structure and Format
Pelvic Core Coaching – What’s Known
Pelvic Core Coaching describes itself as a comprehensive, eight‑week, small‑group training program developed by Taylor Strickland, who holds credentials as an ISSA Elite Trainer and Pregnancy and Postpartum Athleticism Coach. The training is aimed at certified fitness professionals and focuses on teaching coaches how to assess, train and support clients across life stages – from pregnancy and postpartum through perimenopause and beyond – using principles that integrate core strength training, functional movement and breath work.
Its curriculum outlines six core topics: pelvic floor anatomy, recognising signs of dysfunction, creating an assessment framework, breath work and tension distribution, understanding core elements and developing referral networks. While the program is marketed as a coach certification and offers ACE‑approved continuing education credits, specifics about pricing, scheduling, hands‑on requirements or the scope of the post‑training community are not provided publicly; interested professionals are directed to contact the organisers for details.
RYC® Professional Training – What’s Included
The RYC® Professional Training is 6 months and runs October 2026 through February 2027. It’s built across six progressive modules – Foundations, Breathing, Core, Spine, Pelvic Floor, and Application – each building on what came before. Module 6 is new in 2026, and it closes the training with three wrap calls covering complex client presentations, condition-specific deep dives, and professional identity and branding. Prenatal and early postpartum considerations are woven through all modules.
The time commitment is approximately 3 to 5 hours per week, which includes pre-recorded videos, workbook chapters, module quizzes, live Zoom calls, and hands-on practice sessions. All live calls are recorded and available on replay. The full training is fully online – there is no in-person component required.
Here’s what’s included:
- Six modules covering foundations, breathing, core, spine, pelvic floor, and real-world client application
- Nervous system and pain science content woven through every module
- Prenatal and early postpartum considerations built throughout
- 30+ whole-body assessment tools (no internal exams required)
- 70+ corrective exercises that can be regressed, progressed, and adapted to any body
- The RYC® ICCP (Interactive Client Centering Protocol) – a structured framework for helping clients have genuine felt experiences in their bodies
- 14 live Zoom calls with Lauren and the teaching team
- One hands-on practice session per module (Modules 1–5) with personalised feedback from an RYC® Teacher
- Four Module 6 wrap calls: client case studies, condition-specific deep dives, professional identity and branding
- The full RYC® Essentials Program (Levels 1–6) included – so you understand exactly what your clients experience
- 50% off a 1-on-1 assessment with an RYC® Certified Teacher
- Lifetime access to all training materials
- Certificate of Completion
- Eligibility to join the RYC® Pro Collective – a professional community with ongoing peer connection, access to Lauren and the team, and a listing on the RYC® website
How The Two Are Structured
| Category | RYC® Professional Training | Pelvic Core Coaching |
|---|---|---|
| Developer | Lauren Ohayon – pelvic floor movement specialist with 25+ years experience working with bodies | Taylor Strickland – ISSA Elite Trainer & Pregnancy/Postpartum Athleticism Coach |
| Target participant | Movement professionals, healthcare practitioners, pelvic floor PTs, fitness trainers, yoga/Pilates teachers, massage therapists, midwives, doulas, and anyone drawn to this work | Certified fitness professionals |
| Training depth | Whole-body bio-psycho-social approach: nervous system, breath mechanics, pressure dynamics, alignment, core, spine, and pelvic floor – taught as one connected picture | Foundational pelvic floor anatomy, recognition of dysfunction, basic breathwork, scope of practice referral guidance |
| Assessment tools | 30+ whole-body assessment tools, no internal exams required | Basic movement screen and intake form interpretation |
| Exercise / tools library | 70+ corrective exercises for function, mobility, and stability – all regressable and progressable | Core strength training and functional movement coaching within fitness scope |
| Nervous system curriculum | Woven through every module and every assessment; dedicated pain science content | Not specified |
| Client interaction framework | RYC® ICCP – structured protocol for guiding clients into genuine felt body experiences | Not specified |
| Prenatal & early postpartum coverage | Woven through Modules 1–5 with specific prenatal considerations | Pregnancy and postpartum coaching referenced in scope |
| Live learning | 14 live Zoom calls with Lauren and the teaching team; all recorded for replay | Not specified |
| Format | 6 modules, October 2026 – February 2027; online; approx. 3–5 hrs/week | Online course; format details not published |
| Hands-on practice | One hands-on practice session per module, Modules 1–5, with personalised feedback from an RYC® Teacher | Not specified |
| Included client program | Full RYC® Essentials Program, Levels 1–6, included – you experience the method in your own body | Not included |
| Post-training community | RYC® Pro Collective – ongoing peer network, continued learning, access to Lauren and team | Not specified |
| Professional directory listing | Eligible for listing on the RYC® website | Not specified |
| Pricing | $1,899 USD | payment plans available, introductory pricing – will increase | Not publicly listed; enquire by email |
| Access to materials | Lifetime access to all training materials | Not specified |
| Certificate | Certificate of Completion | Described as a coach certification |
| Track record | 600+ professionals trained across 80+ countries | New program; cohort history not published |
How Each Training Thinks About the Body
When you look at how each program thinks about the body, the most noticeable difference emerges in the way they interpret pelvic floor function and its relationship to the rest of the system.
A Fitness-Scope Framework
Pelvic Core Coaching teaches practitioners to recognise pelvic floor dysfunction symptoms and apply core and breath coaching within the scope of fitness. The emphasis is on functional movement, breathwork, and knowing when a client needs referral to a healthcare professional. This is an appropriate and important entry point for fitness coaches who want to be more informed and better resourced when these conversations come up with clients.
The training is not designed to develop deep clinical assessment skills or a systems-level framework. It’s designed to make a fitness professional a more aware and more responsible coach – which has genuine value.
A Whole-System Bio-Psycho-Social Movement Education
The RYC® Professional Training is built around a fundamentally different premise: that the pelvic floor cannot be understood or worked with in isolation. Breath, alignment, spinal patterns, pressure dynamics, nervous system regulation, and how the body organises load – all of these contribute to what shows up in the pelvic floor. You cannot address one without understanding how the others interact.
This philosophy – developed by Lauren Ohayon over 25+ years of working with bodies – shapes everything about how the training is structured. Each module builds on the one before, developing a trained eye that can hold multiple systems simultaneously. By Module 5, participants are assessing pelvic floor function through the lens of everything they learned about breath, spine, nervous system, and alignment in the preceding modules.
The learning is also experiential. Participants work through the material in their own bodies first – discovering their own compensation patterns and breathing strategies before applying those insights to clients. Every practitioner who has come through the training describes this as one of the most significant aspects: the personal understanding changes how they see other bodies.
This approach extends to how clients are worked with. The RYC® ICCP (Interactive Client Centering Protocol) is a structured framework for helping clients have genuine felt experiences in their own bodies – so the understanding becomes theirs, not just something a practitioner does to them. That shift from doing to facilitating is central to how the RYC® Method produces lasting change.
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Nervous System Training: A Meaningful Distinction
Pain science and nervous system regulation sit at the core of the RYC® Professional Training – not as an add-on module at the end, but woven through the entire curriculum from Module 1 onwards. Participants learn how the nervous system influences muscle tone, breathing patterns, pressure management, and pelvic floor behaviour. They develop the ability to recognise when nervous system dysregulation is contributing to what they’re seeing in a client’s body, and how to respond.
This matters practically because many clients who present with core and pelvic floor challenges have tried exercise-based approaches before without meaningful progress. The reason is often not that the exercises were wrong – it’s that the nervous system wasn’t accounted for. A body that is bracing, holding, or protecting is responding intelligently to something. Knowing how to read that, and how to work with it rather than around it, is a skill that changes clinical outcomes.
Pelvic Core Coaching’s published curriculum doesn’t describe nervous system training as a component. For fitness coaching purposes, this is not necessarily a gap – fitness coaches are not typically working with nervous system dysregulation as a primary concern. But for practitioners who encounter complex presentations, or who want to understand why certain clients don’t progress, this is an area where the depth difference is significant.
What Practitioners Report After Completing the RYC® Training
More than 600 professionals across 80+ countries have trained in the RYC® Method. What comes through most consistently in their feedback isn’t just new knowledge – it’s a shift in how they see and understand bodies, and a corresponding shift in confidence.
Practitioners describe being able to sit with clients who present complex or layered symptoms and understand what they are looking at – rather than recognising a symptom and applying a protocol. The shift from protocol-following to genuine adaptive assessment is what most graduates return to again and again.
Pelvic Core Coaching is a newer program and does not yet have published graduate testimonials or track record data available on its website.
Pricing, Access, and Long-Term Value
Pelvic Core Coaching
Pricing is not listed publicly. Interested practitioners are directed to contact the program by email. Without a published price point, payment plan options, or access duration details, it’s difficult to evaluate the investment fully before reaching out.
RYC® Professional Training
The RYC® Professional Training is priced once-off at $1,899 USD. Payment plans are available. This is introductory pricing for the first consolidated RYC® Professional Training – it will increase in future cohorts.
That price includes considerably more than the training itself. Participants receive the full RYC® Essentials Program (Levels 1–6) – the same program their clients use – which means they experience the method from the inside before applying it professionally. They receive lifetime access to all training materials, personalised feedback on hands-on practice sessions, 14 live Zoom calls, Module 6 wrap sessions, and post-training access to the RYC® Pro Collective community.
Lauren Ohayon is a pelvic floor movement specialist with 25+ years of experience working with bodies, whose methods are now taught to healthcare providers and movement professionals across 80+ countries. The training reflects that depth – and is structured to give participants a professional toolkit they can build on for the rest of their careers, not just a certificate to add to a bio.
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Which Training Makes Sense for Where You Are Going?
| RYC® Professional Training may be a strong fit if you… | Pelvic Core Coaching may work if you… |
|---|---|
| ✓ Want a comprehensive, systems-level understanding of how the pelvic floor, core, breath, nervous system, and alignment interact | ✓ Are a certified fitness professional looking for a foundational introduction to pelvic floor concepts within a fitness coaching scope |
| ✓ Work with – or want to work with – clients presenting with complex or layered patterns that go beyond exercise prescription | ✓ Primarily want to know when and how to refer clients to healthcare providers, rather than building a deep clinical movement toolkit |
| ✓ Are a physiotherapist, pelvic floor PT, yoga teacher, Pilates instructor, occupational therapist, massage therapist, midwife, doula, or personal trainer who is drawn to deeper, more nuanced understanding. | ✓ Are early in your career as a fitness professional and want an accessible entry point into women’s health before pursuing deeper training |
| ✓ Value learning through felt, embodied experience in your own body – not just theory | ✓ Want a shorter, more contained introduction to the topic area |
| ✓ Want to carry a professional toolkit of 30+ assessment tools and 70+ corrective exercises you can adapt to any body | |
| ✓ Want lifetime access to materials, live calls with the program creator, and an active post-training professional community |
It is worth noting directly: these two programs are not promising the same outcome. Pelvic Core Coaching aims to make a fitness coach more aware and better at recognizing when to refer. The RYC® Professional Training aims to develop practitioners who can confidently assess, understand, and work with complex presentations – across every stage of a woman’s life – using a comprehensive, adaptable whole-body toolkit.
If your goal is the first, Pelvic Core Coaching is positioned as an accessible starting point. If your goal is the second – if you want to genuinely understand bodies at a systems level and carry tools you will still be developing and refining five years from now – the RYC® Professional Training is designed for exactly that.
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The Bottom Line
Most practitioners who find their way to this comparison are already asking a version of the same question: am I equipped to actually help the clients who are coming to me with these challenges? A foundational fitness coaching course can answer part of that question. It can tell you what pelvic floor dysfunction looks like, help you build safer programming, and make you more confident about when to refer. That is genuinely useful, and for some practitioners it is the right next step. But for those who want to go further – who want to sit with a client presenting with leaking, prolapse, pelvic pain, or persistent core dysfunction and genuinely understand what’s happening in her body – a fitness coaching certificate is a starting line, not a destination.
The RYC® Professional Training is where practitioners develop a trained eye. Where assessment, breath, alignment, nervous system, and movement become a unified language. Where the tools you develop are yours for life, adaptable to any body that walks through your door. That is the work that changes careers – and changes the lives of the women who are still looking for someone with answers.
RYC® Professional Training | October 2026 – February 2027 | $1,899 USD | Payment plans available
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