It looks like a bowl, my husband says as my neighbor Tara, a Pelvic Floor Specialist, hands him a pelvis anatomy model. She’s lending it to me for the weekend.
I say to him, In fact, it is called the pelvic bowl, Eddie. He watches on as Tara pulls it all apart and puts it’s all back together, identifying anatomy as she reconstructs the model.
Aren’t we perfectly designed? I say as I watch them.
My recent drawing begins with an outline of the bones of a pelvis (on the front side). I place into it uterus, fallopian tubes and ovaries. Only then do I decide to bring in the lower spine, the psoas muscles, and eventually the diaphragm.
This weekend I work the back of the drawing ↓ and complete the composition. Highlighting the reproductive system – I’m right back where I started. The two-sided mixed-media drawing basically depicts the core of the female body.
completed back side of drawing 24 x 18″ mixed media
Do you need the model again?, Tara asks. Thanks, I’m complete, I respond.
With this study I learn more about menstruation, conception, pregnancy and menopause. With Tara’s help I learn about hormones, muscles, nerves and the value of breath work.
We are so perfectly designed. You are so perfectly designed. Embody this.
More about Tara and her practice (btw – she offers lots of practical information) → pelvicfloorspecialist.com.
Side note:
Contacted by Carmencita from California who’ll be using an early stage of this drawing (front side) to promote a staging of That Takes Ovaries! Bold Females and their Brazen Acts. The performance will raise funds for Myalgic Encephelomyolitis/Chronic Fatigue Syndrome.
Monica Aissa Martinez 
Hi There,
I’m writing a blogpost to raise awareness about pelvic physical therapy and holistic pelvic care. I was looking for images of the pelvic bowl and came across your images. Do you charge for the use of your images? Thank You.
Sarah
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