Yoga workshop at Effra Space
The Psoas: Seat of the Soul For tension to be released in the tissues of the body, first, it needs to be activated. Gaze into this visual above - how does this make you feel, and importantly, what does it awaken in you? Weakness in this deep seated muscle, the deepest in the body - the psoas major, can create postural unpleasantness, low back irritations, breathing issues and a lack of confidence. To both strengthen and support/ease, this incredible innermost part of us, requires a gathering embodied awareness of what’s going on around it. I like to call this ‘neighbourly relations’. Just as we wish to be on good terms with our next door neighbours, so too, we wish to be on good terms with our own myo-fascial networks (myo meaning muscle, fascia relating to the connective tissue throughout the body) More about the psoas Psoas’ - stems from Greek, meaning muscle of the loin Has close relations with the iliacus muscle, hence we might see it referred to combined as ‘iliopsoas’ Key stabiliser and muscle that assists in walking/running - notice how it inserts at the femur - the thigh bone? It connects abdomen to the legs Vital in...
