Below are Educational articles available free on my Core Awareness website. These articles are for educational purposes and are not intended as a substitute for the medical advice of your physician. The reader should regularly consult a physician in matters relating to his/her health and particularly with respect to any symptoms that may require diagnosis or medical attention.
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Core Strength: Box Squat To Balance Pelvis
Gain core strength while maintaining a supple psoas by choosing to make pelvic integrity a priority. Too often what appears to be a weak psoas muscle is really an overused, misused and abused psoas due to pelvic disruptions. In an attempt to compensate for unstable pelvic sacral-iliac joints, the … [Read More...]
Sitting at Your Computer
Sitting at your computer for any period of time can be a very exhausting even painful experience. Fixating on a computer screen fatigues by overriding natural reflexes that coordinate and align posture. Besides the logical need to vary movement there are also ways to enhance your sitting time and … [Read More...]
Intuitive Mothering: Trusting Our Core Intelligence
by Liz Koch From the moment we conceive, our intuition seems to sharpen in often surprising ways. It may be that deep down inside we know we are pregnant, long before anyone else. Or through a dream, we discover we will soon lose the little being growing inside. It's from this very beginning — and … [Read More...]
Pilates, Yoga, & The Psoas Muscle
The Psoas muscle (pronounced so-as) is the core muscle of the human body. Attaching to the spine at the 12th thoracic vertebrae (T12) and to each of the 5 lumbar vertebrae, the psoas flows through the pelvis it inserts into the lesser trocantor of the femur (leg) bone. A large massive muscle it is … [Read More...]
The One Muscle That Does Not Need Strengthening
Located behind those flab or fab abs is a little known but oh so powerful muscle called your PSOAS (pronounced so-as). The only muscle to connect your spine to your leg, the psoas influences everything from low back pain and anxiety, to full body orgasms and pure pleasure. It is a supple, juicy … [Read More...]