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As is often the case, my own process of change has lead me to my purposeful pursuit...guiding others in understanding that they can become much more than they have believed up til now. I have certainly resided in a mindset where limitations instruct my actions. I am still breaking through some of those barriers, but can remember clearly how small I have played in my past. It really has done a dis-service to myself and others. Stepping through, not around, the emotions of fear, anger and shame has allowed me to give such value on the other side. And the body is the avenue through which we experience these states of being. While they're emotions, the energy they create within you forms the posture and movement that tells the story. It's why I teach transformation through the connection to the body...the somatic experience. This is my avenue for change and making a difference in my corner of the world. I teach to the expertise I have gained in study and professional experience, but with the personal practice that helps me to know it's depth of value. I am grateful to have reached this point and know that there are lives that I can change. Please reach out to me if you need help in your journey to transform your pain. Here's my schedule if you feel that I can help... Wishing you well :)
So-as (psoas) is one of the challenge structures of the low back and hips. It's stress responsiveness and depth in the abdomen and hips makes it less accessible to people from a feeling standpoint. It's anatomic length and position can cause it to create low back pain and hip tightness. Because of it's tightness, the connection to the diaphragm through fascial linkages can be a cause of faulty breathing patterns. As well, the stress reactivity that creates shallow and rapid inhale and exhale will inhibit the diaphragm from expanding. You will lose both the gentle lengthening that they create together and a calm nervous system when these structures are not free and functional. Without awareness of how this connection is linked in your body, you may be missing a big piece of anatomical health. And the emotional shifts that can come when the tension of a guarded structure is held and processed. You can only truly achieve this by being focused in the moment with these sensations and the feelings that arise. There are many physical tools that can be used, but somatic presence is the lynchpin that allows the pattern to change and transform the way you experience your body and the emotional state that underlies it. I will be showing you later in the week one of the exercises to become aware of this meaningful connection in your body. In the meantime, feel free to message me here if you'd like to understand more. Or schedule a free call with me . Sending love and warm wishes :)
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 :)
