What are you holding in the hips?
Baddha Konasana Have you heard this? That we store emotions in our hips. Well everywhere in our body really but the hips location wise are at the base of our body. We can store a lot of stuff down there. The chakras or energy centres in closest proximity to the hips are the base and the sacral chakras. These energy centres rich in nerve supply and are anatomically called a nerve plexus. The base chakra is connected to our early survival instincts and is therefore linked with security. The sacral chakra is our creativity centre and our ability to express this creativity in a healthy way. The chakras hold all our memories. Any blockages within them could manifest as physical issues, lower back pain, endometriosis, insecurity, low libido to name a few. With yoga when we are working with the physical aspects, the emotional aspects begin to heal too. An example would be heart ache or lack of confidence from whatever reason could manifest as rounded shoulders and slo