In-clinic Melbourne · $398 per session · Trained by Fiona Hallinan
Internal Pelvic Release Work
Internal Pelvic Release Work in Melbourne
The pelvis holds everything.
Let it breathe.
A woman's pelvis is extraordinary, she is the architecture that holds and protects our internal organs and the sacred powerhouse of our womb. Like our shoulders or jaw, the soft tissues of the pelvic space can carry tension, both physical and emotional. Internal Pelvic Release Work creates space for that tension to release.
Endometriosis & Pelvic Pain ✦
Birth Preparation & Recovery ✦
Vaginismus & Painful Sex ✦
Pelvic Scar Tissue ✦
Trauma Held in the Pelvis ✦
Hypertonic Pelvic Floor ✦
Adenomyosis Support ✦
Pelvic Organ Prolapse ✦
Dr Amanda Waaldyk
What Is Internal Pelvic Release Work?
Internal Pelvic Release Therapy. Profound release.
Internal Pelvic Release Work (IPRW) is a deeply restorative therapy that uses intentional hands-on therapy and guided breath to connect with the muscles, fascia, and ligaments of the pelvic bowl through the back wall of the vagina.
This gentle process allows the body and pelvis to "sigh" releasing layers of stored tension while creating space, stability, and flow for the bones and organs. The pelvis is not simply anatomical structure. It is a space that carries memory, sensation, and story.
Tension in the pelvis can arise from many places from pregnancy and birth, posture, surgery, endometriosis, trauma, or even the daily ways we hold our body and emotions. Because our tissues store memory and sensation, unresolved tension here can influence how we menstruate, give birth, experience intimacy, and feel in our bodies.
This work is not about performance or correction. It is about listening to the pelvis and offering it the conditions to soften, open, and release.
Who May Benefit
The pelvis carries more than we often realise.
Internal Pelvic Release Work welcomes women at every stage from those preparing for birth, to those healing long after it. From women with endometriosis, fibroids, adenomyosis to those simply curious to know their pelvic space more fully.
Endometriosis & Adeno
Birth Preparation
Postpartum Healing
Vaginismus & Vulvodynia
Painful Intercourse & Pelvic Pain
Painful Birth Scars
Pelvic Organ Prolapse
Trauma Held in the Pelvis
Curiosity & Embodied Exploration
What to Expect in a Session
Held, safe, completely at your pace.
Every session opens with a full conversation around your medical history, body, your intentions, and any concerns you may be carrying. Nothing proceeds without your complete understanding and consent.
Before any hands-on work begins, time is dedicated to pelvic anatomy education helping you understand the structures, muscles, and tissues involved, what they hold, and how this work supports them. Many women find this grounding in itself. When you understand your own body, the work lands differently.
The session itself is slow, intentional, and deeply attentive. Guided breath is used throughout to support nervous system safety and allow the tissues to release at the pace they are ready for. You will be gently guided into and out of the work.Many women describe a sense of warmth, spaciousness, or emotional release during the session and a quiet, grounded sense of reconnection in the days that follow.
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This is not pelvic floor physiotherapy and it is not acupuncture.
It is its own form of bodywork, with its own intelligence.
While acupuncture works with the meridians, energy, and nervous system and pelvic floor physiotherapy addresses muscle function and rehabilitation. Internal Pelvic Release Work is a physical therapy that gently holds and releases the soft tissues of the pelvis through therapeutic touch and guided breath.These three modalities can be powerfully complementary and many women benefit from receiving more than one. Where appropriate, I will discuss what combination of care may serve you best.IPRW does not diagnose, and it does not treat pelvic floor dysfunction in the rehabilitative sense. It creates conditions for the body's own intelligence to soften, release, and reorganise.
Lineage & Training
Learned from the hands of a master.
This sacred bodywork was learned from Fiona Hallinan Melbourne-based midwife, bodyworker, and birth educator with over 30+ years experience. Fiona's wisdom, experience, and way of holding women have been instrumental in shaping how this work is offered and held.
This is not a technique I have simply learnt and applied. It is a practice I have received, integrated, and brought into my existing understanding of women's bodies, Chinese medicine, and the nervous system. The lineage matters. The care with which it was passed on is reflected in how I offer it.
Woman to Woman Care
From Women Who've Received This Work
The pelvis knows how to release.
Also Available
Three distinct offerings. One integrated intention.
These three modalities work at different depths, through different intelligences, and for different presentations.
Pelvic Floor Acupuncture
Acupuncture and dry needling around the sacrum, abdomen, hips, and pelvic floor supporting the entire pelvic girdle, muscles, and nervous system. No internal needling.
- → Chronic pelvic pain & bladder issues
- → Pelvic floor dysfunction & prolapse
- → Dyspareunia, testicular pain & Peyronie's
- → Scar tissue, C-section & postpartum
Internal PelvicRelease Work
Hands on therapeutic touch through the back wall of the vagina releasing the pelvic muscles, fascia, and ligaments of the pelvic bowl. Working with guided breath and the body's own natural release response.
- → Endometriosis, Fibroids, Adenomyosis
- → Birth preparation & postpartum recovery
- → Vaginismus, dyspareunia & pelvic pain
- → Trauma held in the pelvis
- → Fertility Challenges
Womb Healing
A sacred ceremonial journey honouring the womb as the centre of a woman's creative, emotional, and spiritual life. Working with grief, loss, fertility, postpartum disconnection, and a desire to connect back to your womb.
- → Pregnancy loss & grief
- → Womb trauma & disconnection
- → Termination & ancestral healing
- → A calling to return home to the body
- → Fertility challenges
The right combination for each individual presentation is always discussed at consultation.
Frequently Asked Questions
Find answers to our most common questions below.
Internal Pelvic Release Work (IPRW) is a hands-on therapy that uses guided breath and intentional touch through the back wall of the vagina to release tension in the pelvic muscles, fascia, and ligaments. At Angea Acupuncture Clinic, Dr Amanda Waaldyk uses IPRW to treat pelvic pain, endometriosis, vaginismus, and trauma.
No. Internal Pelvic Release Work focuses on myofascial release, nervous system regulation, and stored somatic tension. Pelvic floor physiotherapy primarily addresses muscle strength and coordination. Dr Amanda Waaldyk's IPRW sessions are trauma-informed and combine breathwork, bodywork, and Chinese medicine principles.
IPRW is for women experiencing pelvic pain, vaginismus, painful sex, endometriosis, adenomyosis, pelvic scar tissue, hypertonic pelvic floor, or trauma held in the pelvis. It is also used for birth preparation and postpartum recovery at Angea Acupuncture Clinic in Prahran, Melbourne.
No. Internal Pelvic Release Work is a manual, hands-on therapy — no needles are used. It is distinct from Dr Amanda Waaldyk's pelvic floor acupuncture, which uses acupuncture around the sacrum and abdomen. Both treatments are available at Angea Acupuncture Clinic in Melbourne.
Endometriosis & Adeno
Birth Preparation
Postpartum Healing
Vaginismus & Vulvodynia
Painful Intercourse & Pelvic Pain
Painful Birth Scars
Pelvic Organ Prolapse
Trauma Held in the Pelvis
Curiosity & Embodied Exploration