Yoga Meets Movement Science Podcast
Yoga Meets Movement Science takes a science-based look at many of the common questions, myths, and controversies that arise in the realms of yoga, movement, and fitness. Join yoga teacher and educator Jenni Rawlings and Exercise Science professor and longtime yogi Travis Pollen on this crash course, where the worlds of yoga and movement science collide!
Do We Store Emotions in Our Hips?
In this episode, yoga teacher Jenni Rawlings and Exercise Science professor Travis Pollen dive into the topic of whether or not we store emotions in our hips (or in our body in general).
Points of discussion include:
Is this claim accurate?
What’s the explanation for why and how emotions are stored in our hips or in our body, and does this explanation hold up to scrutiny?
Is the psoas muscle a magic muscle?
What’s the connection between “hip-openers” and emotion?