Restore Your Core® merges two certification tracks into one expanded program for its October 2026 cohort after a decade of training professionals.
When Lauren Ohayon started teaching pelvic floor rehabilitation more than 25 years ago, the professional landscape looked very different. Most certifications taught Kegels, a handful of core exercises, and not much else. The women showing up with prolapse, diastasis recti, and incontinence needed something more comprehensive, and the practitioners working with them knew it.
Lauren built the RYC® Method to address that gap – an approach that treats the pelvic floor as part of a larger system involving breath, posture, alignment, and the nervous system. Since 2015, her Professional Training program has certified over 500 practitioners in more than 80 countries, and the broader Restore Your Core® consumer program has supported over 10,000 women through their healing journeys.
For 2026, the training looks different. Previously offered as two separate tracks – a Method Training for 1:1 client work and a Teacher Training for group instruction and certification – the program has been consolidated into a single Professional Training running October 2026 through February 2027.
What The Consolidated Program Includes
The restructured training covers six modules (Foundations, Breathing, Core, Spine, Pelvic Floor, and Application), with each building on the previous one. The sixth module is new this year: it closes the program with case studies led by Lauren, condition-specific deep dives, and a session on professional identity and branding.
Prenatal considerations are now woven through the core modules, meaning practitioners develop their assessment skills with pregnancy-related adaptations built in from the start. The program includes 14 live Zoom calls with Lauren and her teaching team, hands-on practice sessions with individual feedback, over 30 assessment tools (none requiring internal exams), more than 70 corrective exercises, and lifetime access to all materials. Participants also receive the full RYC® Essentials Program – the company’s consumer-facing pelvic floor and core rehabilitation course – upon enrollment.
No licensure or prior teaching experience is required. The training has attracted physiotherapists, occupational therapists, movement coaches, chiropractors, yoga and Pilates teachers, massage therapists, personal trainers, midwives, and doulas, though some participants have no movement background at all.
A Track Record With Practitioners
The program’s graduate feedback points to two recurring themes.
The first is professional confidence. An occupational therapist who completed the training said it gave her the ability to understand full segments of the body and how they impact each other – something she described as going far beyond any previous training. A registered massage therapist reported seeing dramatic improvements with clients, sometimes in a single session. A Pilates instructor who works with injured athletes said the program opened an entirely new avenue in her practice: after ten weeks with a client who had severe prolapse, that client experienced meaningful improvement in symptoms and body awareness.
The second theme is more personal. A licensed massage therapist described discovering her own dysfunctional breathing patterns during the training – compensations she had carried for years without recognizing them. A personal trainer said the program helped her finally heal her own diastasis, five years after her second baby. An osteopath reported that roughly half her sessions now involve movement coaching, with patients learning to support themselves rather than depending on passive, hands-on treatment.
One of the program’s signature tools is the RYC® Interactive Client Centering Protocol (ICCP), a framework designed to help clients have genuine physical “ah-ha” moments during sessions. The idea is that when a client feels the change happening in their own body – rather than being told about it – the results are more durable.
What Comes After The Training
Graduates of the Professional Training become eligible for the RYC® Pro Collective, a professional community with ongoing access to Lauren and her team. They also become eligible for a listing in the RYC® Professional Directory, a public-facing database where potential clients can search for trained practitioners by location. The directory currently lists certified teachers across the United States, Canada, the UK, Germany, Hungary, Estonia, India, Singapore, New Zealand, and other countries. For those interested in teaching RYC®-branded group classes and using RYC® branding in their practice, an Advanced Movement Training pathway is planned for 2027.
Ohayon’s work has been informed by collaboration with professionals across urogynecology, pelvic floor physical therapy, occupational therapy, and chiropractic care. The RYC® Method is recommended by medical doctors, OB-GYNs, and pelvic floor physical therapists.
The RYC® Professional Training is priced at $1,899 USD with payment plans available – introductory pricing that the company says will increase in future cohorts.
