Multitudes of Yin/Yang

             Multitudes of Yin/Yang Junctions

I call this "Multitudes of Yin & Yang Junctions" and we talk about the use of "multitudes" of Yin/Yang junctions here in what for many is an abstract area of the body...but we talk in technical NOT abstract terms: The PHYSICAL internal energy in all your movement eventually needs to penetrate the gluteus maximus. So let us talk about where it is, how to find it by simple relaxation standing and once you have it you can use it better as you gain proficiency. When you just stand with the waist relaxed you are able to take the stress off of the hips. When the waist is tense, the pelvis is braced on the hips. That puts a torque pressure on the knees and ankles, causing the feet to pronate or supinate.

When you open up the lower back and turn your feet parallel, about shoulder distance or hip distance apart, you can take a lot of tension out of the tailbone area, relaxing the buttock and hip muscles. This is important for mobility because it allows you to turn the pelvis without tilting the pelvis. This way, you can learn to keep the femur in line with the foot, and move the pelvis around the hip joint.

So, if this post gets you thinking even a little bit about that area, we have done our job. Did you know that you can simultaneously improve your posture, stabilize your knee and hip joints, and relieve your lower back pain by engaging the trio of muscles that make up the gluteals? Primary among these muscles is the underappreciated "emperor" of postural integrity, the gluteus maximus-along with its retinue of the deeper gluteal muscles: gluteus medius and gluteus minimus. These gluteals play a vital role in the health of our lumbar spine, sacrum, hip joints, and knees- when and if we use them properly. If we don't (which is quite often the case), the result is joint problems as well as overdeveloped and tight hamstrings.