As a massage therapist, swimming through layers of tissue with the intention of iliopsoas release never gets old. This is one of my favorite education points with clients because Psoas tension seems to affect so many of us.

This article beautifully sums up why the psoas is truly the muscle of the soul.

A relaxed psoas is the mark of play and creative expression. Instead of the contracted psoas, ready to run or fight, the relaxed and released psoas is ready instead to lengthen and open, to dance. In many yoga poses (like tree) the thighs can’t fully rotate outward unless the psoas releases. A released psoas allows the front of the thighs to lengthen and the leg to move independently from the pelvis, enhancing and deepening the lift of the entire torso and heart.