Nice to meet you. I’m Oriana!

I am a licensed, board-certified Physical Therapist Assistant who specializes in Pelvic Health. I have a background in teaching yoga and meditation, and I am a mom myself to an almost toddler. When teaching yoga, I was always drawn to topics like how the nervous system affects muscle tissue, how movement helps our digestive process, and how breathwork is the most important exercise we can do. On the flip side of that, from a very young age I knew that a woman’s body goes through so much during pregnancy and postpartum. I watched my mom have 2 kids, one vaginally and one via c-section, and she made me a part of the whole healing process too! It makes sense why I was so drawn to Pelvic Health when in my PTA program.

Experience:

  • 2015 Yoga Teacher Training

  • 2016-17 Led Yoga Teacher Trainings

  • 2021 Graduated in Physical Therapist Assistant Program from San Diego Mesa College

  • 2022 Herman & Wallace Level 1 & 2B Training

  • 2024 Sarah Duvall Pregnancy and Postpartum Corrective Exercise Specialist Training (almost done)

I have to be honest…

I often wonder if I made the right decision going the PTA route vs the DPT route, but every time I sit down and think about it I know that I did! I do often feel like I have to explain why I did though when I meet someone new.

Initially, I was an art student hoping to work for Pixar or do animation of some sort, and I was attending a private art school in the Bay Area. There was one summer where a few random things happened that led me to decide I needed to quit art school, but this left me at a lost of what to do instead. I was always interested in teaching yoga, so I went that route, and almost immediately into my teaching career I knew that I wanted to go back to school for physical therapy.

The problem was though, I was already almost 27 at the time. I knew I wanted to start a family when I was in my early 30’s. All my credits from the art program weren’t going to transfer to a regular college, and none of my pre-reqs were for kinesiology. If I had gone back to school for my DPT, I was looking at 7 more years of school, and that was if I got accepted into a graduate program on the first round. I knew that wasn’t going to cut it. That’s what led me to become a PTA.

Does this limit what I can do when it comes to moving forward in my career? In some ways, yes, but in some ways, no! Because I have less paperwork every day, I am able to do more creative projects on the side that fill up my soul. This is how I’ve come to creating videos and content on the side, and it’s how I decided to start this website and start making courses.

When I look at my son and my life currently, I know that going the PTA route was exactly what I was supposed to do, even if it means that some people would rather see the DPT over me because of my title, amongst other silly cliches that happen (like when people ask if I’m still a student lol).

Either way, I want you to know that I go above and beyond to learn and educate myself in order to be the best provider for my patients. Sometimes titles matter to people, and sometimes it’s more about experience. Around these parts I’m putting in the work to make sure I’m experienced, and I’m so glad to share that with you.

My courses and services contain common education pieces I give people about Pelvic Health.

  • Get access to this quick 52 minute course that guides you through how to stimulate bowel motility and how to have a better bowel movement.

  • **Coming Soon** This course helps prepare the pelvic floor and body for birth. With daily positioning, perineal care, breathing techniques, pushing techniques, and immediate aftercare, this program is an all-in-one resource to help increase the chances of positive laboring outcome.

Courses and education for all people with a pelvic floor, but especially moms and moms-to-be.