The Psoas Muscle and Yoga
by Baxter If you have been around the yoga classroom for any reasonable amount of time, you have likely heard of the psoas muscle. But you may not have a good idea of where it is or what it does! You should though, as your daily activities�or inactivity if you are sitting a lot during the day�can actually create a short, tight psoas muscle that could use a bit of lengthening. So today I�ll introduce you to your psoas muscle in a deeper way than can sometimes take place in the yoga classroom, inform you of some of its roles in posture and movement and suggest a few ways to lengthen it, if it is on the tighter side of life. The only other time I could find on the blog that we had talked about the psoas muscle was way back in January of 2012 ( I Think I Have Sciatica ), where we first introduced the drawing of the lower torso and pelvis above, which shows nicely the psoas muscle seen here with everything except the skeleton and select muscle removed . The psoas originates from the sides ...