unprocessed emotion

Listen to Your Body Talk: How Yoga Can Release Pent-Up Emotions

Jill Miller by Jill Miller | September 11th, 2009 | Comments (1)
topic: Fitness, Yoga | tags: emotions, exercise, memory, pain, painful past, stored emotions, trauma, unprocessed emotion, Yoga

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A few weeks ago during my Core Integration Immersion, my students did a partner exercise where they had to consciously release their hip flexors and inner thighs while a partner supported their legs. One woman, Anna (not her real name), was unable to “let go.” Her inner thighs grabbed each time they were supposed to release. She was quite confounded by the bizarre tension that seemed to have a mind of its own in her inner thighs and hips.

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