By Annette Bray
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March 31, 2025
The belief that all things are connected in the human body seems to be well accepted as a concept. But I'm not sure if it's truly understood in each human's day to day experience. If we are not really living in our senses in the present, it's difficult to know this truth. We must be able to take in what we see, hear, smell, taste and most of all...feel, to take this belief beyond a concept. And i do believe it's where most of us falter. Our very present moment connection to our senses enables us to tune into the interplay in our own bodies. And, as well, to the energetic interchange with other people, critters and the natural environment. I bring this to light because how we feel in certain areas of our body impact the blocks we hold elsewhere. One of the most intriguing connections I've learned is one between the heart and hips. If you follow the fascia of the pericardium (heart) inferiorly it will connect to the posterior diaphragm (back of primary breathing muscle) and this will connect you to the psoas muscle. The psoas muscle is quite active when it comes to alerting the brain to a threat. And when we feel that potential incoming, our heart becomes overactive and tense and our body contracts inward. If you can envision how a pull on the heart changes the tension of the structures it's connected to, you can imagine how it affects the stress responsive muscle of the psoas. The heart and the hips are connected...as is the whole body intertwined. Feeling and behaving as though it is all connected, is doing a great service to ourselves and those around us. And feeling into this truth as we track it within our body, allows us to be our own wise teacher. This is why my focus is the somatic work of feeling to discover and make change. Explore with me...get on my schedule here. Wishing you well :)