psoas in yoga poses,” and starts to anticipate
using this muscle. I call this “body
clairvoyance,” meaning that the unconscious
mind sees clearly what to do and then does it
automatically. So essentially, by awakening
your psoas, you’re trying to learn how to
more readily access the muscle’s unconscious
actions, ultimately creating the ability to
consciously—voluntarily—engage it.Teacher Ray Long, MD, is an orthopedic
surgeon in Detroit and the founder of
Bandha Yoga, a website and book series
dedicated to the anatomy and biomechanics
of yoga.Model Caitlin Rose Kenney is a yoga teacher
based in Boulder, Colorado....continued from page 24
Contracting the psoas either bends the trunk
forward or draws the knee up. If you contract
your psoas on one side, it laterally flexes the
trunk, as in Extended Triangle Pose. Contract the
psoas on both sides, and you’ll be able to tilt the
pelvis forward, bringing the thigh and the torso
toward each other, as in Paschimottanasana
(Seated Forward Bend).
The process of awakening your psoas
begins with learning how to access it at will. You
can use certain cues within your yoga poses to
do this, even if you’ve never intentionally
activated this muscle. Interestingly, what I’ve
found with my students and in my own practice
is that shortly after you start to engage the
psoas intentionally in certain yoga asanas, you
will find that the brain starts to engage it
unconsciously, even in other poses. It’s as if the
brain is saying, “OK, so now we’re using the
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