If you’re new to yoga, you may not have heard of ‘hip openers’ and how they can release stored emotions in a very powerful and sometimes expressive way. Yogic tradition says that the hips are a storage ground for negative feelings and pent-up emotions, especially ones related to control in our lives.
Releasing the hips can not only be beneficial for the mind but are also integral to improving your yoga practice as many poses require the flexibility that stems from the hips.
BY KOYA WEBB
Koya Webb is an internationally recognized yoga teacher, personal trainer, holistic health and wellness coach, author, motivational speaker, and professional fitness model revolutionizing the holistic living landscape. She is known as a “transformational specialist” when it comes to helping people reach their goals—by encouraging sustainable positive lifestyle changes that maximize their ability to cultivate self-love, lose weight, increase energy, reverse life-threatening conditions and experience optimal health. Koya believes the most important element in health is Self-Love; from this belief came the creation of Get Loved Up. Get Loved Up encourages clients to practice daily self-care and make healthy living a priority in a fun and accessible way. Get Loved Up aims to lower the number of people with chronic diseases …