The Vital Psoas Muscle: Connecting Physical, Emotional, and Spiritual Well-Being

Description

By JoAnn Staugaard-Jones
Trade paperback book
ISBN 9781583944585
126 pages, 7.00 x 9.50″

This work provides a thorough and interesting review of the psoas, a skeletal muscle located deep within the front hip joint and lower spine. The psoas is critical for optimal postural alignment, movement, and well-being. It affects the health of the body, mind, and spirit, as its function and importance extends to the nerve complex and energy systems of the body. Physically, it connects the upper and lower body; emotionally, it messages to and from the brain and envelops deeply rooted feelings; spiritually, it integrates within the lower chakras to subtly affect the flow of life energy. By understanding and working with the psoas, you can strengthen the core, correct posture, reduce trauma, open energy channels, and alleviate lower back pain. Detailed illustrations and exercises for stretching and strengthening, as well as complete chapters on the psoas and yoga and other exercise routines, make clear the connections of the psoas muscle to the achievement of balance, harmony, and freedom of movement.