An awareness, a small adjustment made, creates a stronger more integrated practice.

Beautiful warmer weather can often turn our attention to our feet! Maybe we start wearing sandals again or enjoy being barefoot. Maybe we start noticing our toes, our arches, our ankles and appreciate them anew. Being yogis we are more aware than most people. :)

The foot talks to the floor and affects how the femur talks to the hip joint and visa versa. The relationship between the foot and hip bring integration and support. The ripple effect of these conversations travel beyond their origin of action and impact the alignment of the rest of the body. 

This week we will explore how our big toe mound anchors the inner edge of the foot into the floor, lifting the inner arch and helping firm the outer ankle. (Adrian?!) The greater trochanter is the protuberance of the upper femur and the attachment site for the glute medius, glute minimus and other extension rotators of the thigh. The periformis is also attached here.

Grounding down through the big toe mound, while simultaneously drawing the greater trochanter towards the sit bones create an opposing action. They push and pull working against one another and the body finds balance between two opposing forces. Our bodies get both stronger and better integrated. And because I'm cuing you the whole time, your mind gets into the game and integrated too! :)