Sublime

Overextension leads to feelings of exhaustion and resentment, whereas reaching out from a supple dynamic core is a free exchange of energy that emerges from deep within.

Twisting and rotational movements, which are normal for the hip socket joints, for example, when applied to the knees, ankles, or low back, wear on the joints. When there is a lack of movement in the hip sockets, the lumbar vertebrae of the lower spine become vulnerable to torsion.

Most of what is called aging might be more accurately understood as a process of drying. The juicy, plump psoas, through time, lack of movement, and lack of support, dries and shrinks. As the psoas dries, it begins to shorten. The image of a bent-over elderly person represents the dry, shrunken psoas. When understood from this perspective, the idea

Hyperflexibility and the destabilization of joints that comes from overstretching, dysfunction, or injury is not however the same as being hypermobile. Although culturally perceived as an attribute (think Cirque du Soleil), being hypermobile can eventually cause severe nerve pain. For the hypermobile person, the sensation of pain, which stops the a

the ideas of Mabel Todd, Lulu Sweigard, Ida Rolf, F. Matthias Alexander, Elsa Gindler, Moshe Feldenkrais, Anna Halprin, Bob Cooley, Judith Aston, Thomas Hanna, Emilie Conrad, and many others have evolved into a vision of the human body as motion. The mechanical approach of body as object has given way to an understanding of body as a living process

A constricted or anchored upper psoas limits arm rotation, breath, and upper-body extension. The arms as an expression of core movement connect to the pelvis via the latissimus dorsi muscles (lats). For example, when the lats are constricted and there is a lack of awareness at the ball-and-socket joints, the arms pull on the torso and on the cervic

Another internal rhythm disrupted by pelvic instability is proprioception within the neck-head righting reflexes and vestibular system located within the inner ear. Torqueing within the dura affects the skull and, in turn, can disrupt the self-correcting righting reflexes responsible for internal organization, sense of balance, and coordination.