Hello Friend,There’s a secret to happiness.
You are born with it.
It whispers to you from deep within. But most of the time you can’t hear it.
The still, small, voice gets drowned out by the din of life around you.
You’ve heard it murmur.
You know there must be something you can do to uncover your secret. Something that takes awareness but not hours and hours of effort.
You’re right. You do this by becoming aware – in a new way –
of something you do all day, every day.
Kim Orr.
You are born with it.
It whispers to you from deep within. But most of the time you can’t hear it.
The still, small, voice gets drowned out by the din of life around you.
You’ve heard it murmur.
You know there must be something you can do to uncover your secret. Something that takes awareness but not hours and hours of effort.
You’re right. You do this by becoming aware – in a new way –
of something you do all day, every day.
Kim Orr.
“Change is not something that we should fear. Rather, it is something that we should welcome. For without change, nothing in this world would ever grow or blossom, and no one in this world would ever move forward to become the person they're meant to be."
~B.K.S. Iyengar~ 95 years young. 8/20/14
~B.K.S. Iyengar~ 95 years young. 8/20/14
INTRODUCING THE BODY'S MOST POWERFUL,
PRIMAL MUSCLE… THAT YOU'VE NEVER HEARD OF(Let Alone Releasd)
Your hips are the bridge between your upper body and lower body. They are at the center of your body's movement.
Sitting within the well of your hip and lower spine is the psoas major muscle, one of the two muscles that makes up the iliopsoas.
It’s often called the "mighty" psoas (pronounced so-az) for the many important functions it plays in the movement of your body.
The psoas is the only muscle in the human body connecting the upper body to the lower body.
The muscle attaches to the vertebrae of the lower spine, moves through the pelvis and connects to a tendon at the top of the femur. It also attaches to the diaphragm, so it’s connected to your breathing, and upon it sits major organs.
A properly functioning psoas muscle creates a neutral pelvic alignment, stabilizes the hips, supports the lower spine and abdomen, supports the organs in the pelvic and abdominal cavity and it is what gives you great mobility and core strength.
When it functions well, it has the power to ….
And there's one activity, in particular, that's the sworn enemy of your psoas muscle…Sitting.
In our classes, we address this muscle up to 3 times, in order to reduce pain and increase health
Here’s a list I found somewhere in the ethers a long time ago, which really only scratches the surface of possible definitions:
So, does that mean that all yoga is equal?
I don’t think so. I’ve notice a trend that medical people can suddenly become mind-body experts because yoga, well, that’s not rocket science. So Andrew Weil can prescribe ratio breathing and anyone else with an MD behind their name can craft themselves as a yoga expert with little or no training or experience.
But actually, yoga is rocket science in a way. When you really get into the texts and the tradition, well, it will take the rest of your life to even make a dent in all there is to know about it.
But that doesn’t mean you have to know everything either. There’s tremendous value in teaching people these perennial, life-affirming practices at any level. Still, let’s have some respect for the tradition and a commitment to expanding our learning. It makes sense to spend some time getting into yoga history and meditating on our own role in the evolving practice.
Clearly people need different yoga approaches at different times in their lives. And the fact that we have so many different choices of yoga in the west is wonderful, but it can also be confusing.
PRIMAL MUSCLE… THAT YOU'VE NEVER HEARD OF(Let Alone Releasd)
Your hips are the bridge between your upper body and lower body. They are at the center of your body's movement.
Sitting within the well of your hip and lower spine is the psoas major muscle, one of the two muscles that makes up the iliopsoas.
It’s often called the "mighty" psoas (pronounced so-az) for the many important functions it plays in the movement of your body.
The psoas is the only muscle in the human body connecting the upper body to the lower body.
The muscle attaches to the vertebrae of the lower spine, moves through the pelvis and connects to a tendon at the top of the femur. It also attaches to the diaphragm, so it’s connected to your breathing, and upon it sits major organs.
A properly functioning psoas muscle creates a neutral pelvic alignment, stabilizes the hips, supports the lower spine and abdomen, supports the organs in the pelvic and abdominal cavity and it is what gives you great mobility and core strength.
When it functions well, it has the power to ….
- … Help the body metabolize (burn) fat.
- … Help improve athletic performance and reduce pain.
- … Help improve strength training and endurance.
- … Help improve energy levels.
- … Help you sleep more comfortably and soundly through the night.
And there's one activity, in particular, that's the sworn enemy of your psoas muscle…Sitting.
In our classes, we address this muscle up to 3 times, in order to reduce pain and increase health
Here’s a list I found somewhere in the ethers a long time ago, which really only scratches the surface of possible definitions:
- “Yoga is the cessation of the fluctuations of the mind (citta).”--Yoga Sutra (1.2)
- “Yoga is skill in (the performance of) actions.”--Bhagavad Gita (2.50)
- “Yoga is bliss (samādhi).”--Yoga Bhāshya (1.1)
- “Yoga is said to be the oneness of breath, mind, and senses, and the abandonment of all states of existence.”--Maitrī Upanishad (6.25)
- “Yoga is the union of the individual psyche (jīvātman) with the transcendental Self (paramātman).”--Yoga Yājnavalkya (1.44)
- “Yoga is said to be the unification of the web of dualities (dvandva-jāla).”--Yoga Bīja (84)
- “Yoga is known as the disconnection (viyoga) of the connection (samyoga) with suffering.”--Bhagavad Gītā (6.23)
- “Yoga is said to be control.”--Brahmānda Purāna (2.3.10.115)
- “Yoga is the separation (viyoga) of the Self from the World-Ground (prakriti).”--Raja-Martanda (1.1)
- “This they consider Yoga: the steady holding of the senses.”--Katha-Upanishad (6.11)
- “Yoga is called balance (samatva).”--Bhagavad Gita (2.48
So, does that mean that all yoga is equal?
I don’t think so. I’ve notice a trend that medical people can suddenly become mind-body experts because yoga, well, that’s not rocket science. So Andrew Weil can prescribe ratio breathing and anyone else with an MD behind their name can craft themselves as a yoga expert with little or no training or experience.
But actually, yoga is rocket science in a way. When you really get into the texts and the tradition, well, it will take the rest of your life to even make a dent in all there is to know about it.
But that doesn’t mean you have to know everything either. There’s tremendous value in teaching people these perennial, life-affirming practices at any level. Still, let’s have some respect for the tradition and a commitment to expanding our learning. It makes sense to spend some time getting into yoga history and meditating on our own role in the evolving practice.
Clearly people need different yoga approaches at different times in their lives. And the fact that we have so many different choices of yoga in the west is wonderful, but it can also be confusing.