a legs up restorative to land on loving support
Our practice can help us grow more grounded, setting up a foundation that allows us to relax more and pause more.
When we set up the foundation to land, it allows us to relax more and pause more. It also allows us to be more purposeful and mindful in the present moment, so that we can stay connected — even when things get busy and hectic.
allow ourselves to land on the ground
We can learn to create a sense of being grounded by relating to our body on support on the earth.
It’s a very tactical, physical relationship through our body that allows us to stay centered even as everything is spinning around us and moving within us. It takes practice to allow the earth to hold us. Carry us.
Ultimately, we're learning to partner with the earth. We’re reconnecting to our birthright to play on the earth.
To play with the earth. To partner with the earth.
When we remember that we are fully supported by the ground, we are able to become more available to ourselves and the people we love.
HOW TO RELEASE TENSION IN THE PSOAS
When the psoas is constricted, it’s simply hard to sense yourself truly landing on the ground. But when the psoas is supple and pliable, it allows you to feel grounded—like you belong on the earth. However, because the psoas is activated by your fear circuitry and the stress response, it holds a lot of “tension” (rigidity from the psycho-emotional response) rather than more straightforward “tightness” (shortening of the muscle from exercise or overuse). Tension can’t be stretched—it needs time, care, and safety to unravel.
Restorative Legs-Elevated Pose is a perfect resting position to release a constricted psoas. This pose can also help relieve excess tension and holding in the pelvis, belly, and back. It is known to help quiet and calm the mind as well. When you are propped well, and have time to let go little by little into the safety of your support, the breath begins to expand and flow more naturally and fully, which elicits the relaxation response and nourishes your body and mind.
Join Jillian for FREE Deep Listening Meditations
These offerings include teachings from Jillian’s book, Deep Listening. that include awareness practices of the body, breath, mind, and present moment. Learning to pause is at the core of these practices. Pausing helps us create conditions to grow more calm, clear, and open, and to respond to the present moment with intention and purpose—rather than habitual action or reaction.
Join us live, plus each meditation is recorded and available for you to repeat as often as you wish throughout the week. These simple practices are good for all levels of experience.