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

On the computer, behind a desk, drive much? This book is a life saver. Back problems, gastro problems, tight muscles? Find some relief. Lots of excellent illustrations, easy reading. Pelvic pain, this book will get you on the path of recovery. The book is packed and mean packed with helpful information and exercises. A great gift for friend or loved one. Every office should give a copy to their employees. Watch productivity increase with less down time at the script doc's office.

This is an excellent book! Free of medical insider language, it explains what the psoas muscle does, how it affects so much of the body, and what we can do to improve and strengthen it. Best of all, the book shows lots of exercises for the beginner to advanced, to improve different specific conditions. And it really helps! I borrowed it from my acupuncture / massage professional, and then bought it the next day, so I could flag what to put into my daily routine. I've recommended it to older friends, who've found it helpful for flexibility, strength, and balance. The illustrations are both beautiful and instructive. [email protected]

This book was such a nice surprise - it has dozens of very descriptive photos which is very helpful if you want to follow the suggested exercises. The best part - the pages are glossy and of the highest quality. This kind of quality is rarely seen. The explanations are quite clear and easy to understand and follow. I love that the author connects this muscle, the Psoas, to our physical, emotional and spiritual well-being. I love everything about this book.

THIS BOOK IS A MUST-HAVE Great book! Straight to the point! Clear and easy-to-understand explanations on a difficult matter to show and explain. Simple approaches to the complex anatomy behind the Psoas muscle and science. Superb illustrations too! I've been working out the Psoas as a cyclist and have sharply improved my performance. With JoAnna's core approach to the Psoas in terms of integral work outs and stability exercises. I'm getting new & unexpected benefits day by day and a new sense of well being, never experienced. This is a great book for everybody how seeks to practice sports and improve the way they beel doing it. Highly recommended. Miguel Bruna Costa Rica

I found this book to have great information on the Psoas muscle. I've been practicing yoga for close to a year now and had problems with forward bends, having to bend my knees. I didn't have pain in my hamstrings so I began to explore if there was a deeper issue of an unworked/lazy Psoas. By adopting these exercises/poses as well as attending a specialized yoga core class that works to access the psoas, I find I can straighten my knees after 2 months of work! I have also found my overall core strength has improved as well as my posture. At a minimum, this is a good book to help understand exactly what the function ot the Psoas is in relation to the other muscles in the core region.

Awesome, awesome book. I have been really into studying and fixing up my psoas recently. - Good intro to the muscle, and other related muscles - Diagrams are absolutely top-notch 6/5, diagrams are mainly for stretches to hit the psoas. These stretches are the same ones used in yoga and pilattes. Diagrams are see-through and detail the muscles being worked very well, helps one understand the purpose of the stretches. - Talks about the spiritual, emotional, and well-being aspects of the psoas muscle in a scientifically respectful, yet assertive manner. The psoas is certainly involved with these things! And tension/tightness in the psoas can certainly have negative mental effects, not to mention effects on posture (kind of the same thing.) I now use this book as my quick-reference for stretches and the anatomy of the body with relation to the psoas. Would be a great living room table book.

This book is very well prepared and presented, tackling the subject directly and offering needed exercises to correct the neurological, function and pain issues developed with the "vital psoas muscle" out of balance and losing strength in the buttocks area. I am still in the process of reading the book but am so far delighted with the contents and well-defined bright pictures that help facilitate a better understanding of the physical conditions behind the suffering from debilitating sciatica and/or related physical body adversities.

This book has very nice anatomic descriptions and drawings. It describes exercices from different point of view/disciplins ( pilates, yoga, physiotherapy). But the spiritual aspect is very poor. It only talks about the location of the chakras, without any symbolism.

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Pour toutes les personnes qui pratiquent un sport ou une activité physique et les enseignants de Pilates, Yoga et autres disciplines. Il faut bien lire l'anglais. Le livre est clair avec des dessins pour bien comprendre.

Wer sich eine überteuerte und knappe Einleitung zu dem Thema wünscht ist mit diesem Buch gut beraten. Viel "Fluff talk" und übertriebene Geschichten der Autorin, wenige Details, bei einigen Übungen fehlen sogar die Darstellungen.

Very nice book

This is an amazing book; it's detail of factual body information, the fabulous sketches to match movements and postures allows one to see not only the lines of the outside body, but the whole of the inside body as movements are executed, the width of topics i.e. the chapters presented cover the whole of the body (the 7 Chakras), and all this is presented in a relatively short book. Amazing how so much in such detail fills this compact book. What a find. I would recommend to all Yoga instructors and enthusiasts, Physio-therapists (to show clients detail where and when appropriate), and to Massage Therapists generally. Doctors could benefit from this book; it's a special find, for sure. I thank the author wholeheartedly. Maureen Cullen