Did you know? Did you know that while many people use the term 'core' to say strengthen your 'core' in various physical modalities like yoga and pilates, there really is only one true CORE muscle... called Iliopsoas (or iliacus and psoas major) and that this is by far the most important muscle to develop with regards to mastering challenging poses. If you don't know what the psoas muscle is, or where it is, I suggest you google it and study it.
When you move from psoas you are able to control your body weight in the field of gravity without falling to the floor. In traditions they say 'engage mula bandha' in yoga asana... what they really mean... is engage psoas muscle... as once you are integrating the lower extremity with the central axis of the body, you are able to master so many Asanas that would have seemed impossible before. Boat pose variation with knees deeply bent is the key!
When you move from psoas you are able to control your body weight in the field of gravity without falling to the floor. In traditions they say 'engage mula bandha' in yoga asana... what they really mean... is engage psoas muscle... as once you are integrating the lower extremity with the central axis of the body, you are able to master so many Asanas that would have seemed impossible before. Boat pose variation with knees deeply bent is the key!
Benefits of the Boat pose...
•Tones and strengthens your abdominal muscles
•Improves balance and digestion
•Stretches your hamstrings
•Strengthens your spine and hip flexors
•Stimulates the kidneys, thyroid and prostate glands, and intestines
•Aids in stress relief
•Improves balance and digestion
•Stretches your hamstrings
•Strengthens your spine and hip flexors
•Stimulates the kidneys, thyroid and prostate glands, and intestines
•Aids in stress relief
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| Boat pose (Navasana) w/knees bent |
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