Protect Your Pelvis: How to Release Trapped Trauma With 5 Magical Movements
Tonight, the full moon will light up the sky in Taurus. Arriving in the middle of Scorpio season, the stabilizing pull of this Taurian moon will bring sweet relief to many of us struggling through the scorpion shadow energy of late.
Scorpio season utilizes darkness to shed, let go, and eventually see the light. But the process of destruction in the name of rebirth is a heavy burden to bare. Cue this month’s unexplained restless nights, wild dreams, and old emotional trauma bubbling up through the brain from the most unexpected places.
The fixed earth sign that embodies all things bull is here to ground our emotional whirlwind. Ruler of the throat chakra, we can expect support in verbalizing the inner emotions that have been silently challenging us and allow us to speak our truth.
Be careful when feeling these full moon effects. As you may heard, riding that bull right into the china shop will definitely destroy fragile things. To fully embrace this full moon energy and experience a breakthrough vs. a break down we must let go of the old to make way for the charging new.
The one piece of advice I have given to every client I’ve ever worked with is to “protect your pelvis”. The muscle, bone, ligaments, tissue, and fat that make up your supportive female center are also an emotional net catching all of the pain, trauma, sadness, anger, and hurt that are part of being human.
The good news is that the body mind connection can help us heal those old wounds unearthed by the recent scorpion sting. We simply have to move and breathe through the emotional trauma center for the body—the hips.
When we breathe right into the epicenter of physical pain we create an energetic opportunity to let the emotional trauma go. Breathing, stretching, pulling, and releasing through the hips helps to unlock all of the old energy in those sticky, tight places and release old hurts that hold us back from the future our broken hearts desire.
The 5 magical movements below can be done from anywhere to help let it all go. Try them individually or in a juicy, 7 minute full moon flow.
Child’s pose: This restorative yoga pose relaxes the front body while also releasing tension in the back. Taking to child’s pose opens the hips and stretches the thighs, knees, and ankles while lowering stress. Simply start on all fours and lengthen the spine through the crown. Take a deep breath in and on the exhale bow your head, heart and chest towards the floor and press the arms out in front of you sliding to the floor through the fingertips. As you get closer to the floor the hips will widen. Close the eyes and relax the back muscles breathing deeply for 1 minute.
Pigeon pose: The queen B of the hip openers, this pose can be challenging for those of us with a lot of trapped toxic trauma. However, supportive modifications like using yoga blocks or even trying this pose from the cushiony comfort of bed is worth the effort of sweet relief it provides. Begin in downward facing dog or on all fours. Keeping hips centered, raise the right leg directly behind you into the air. Bring the leg through the body, between the arms, right knee to right wrist, right foot to left wrist. Bring the folded leg towards the ground at a 90 or 45 degree angles depending on flexibility. Fold the torso over the body and support the chest with a block or bolster if needed or lower all the way to the ground. Hold for 1 minute and repeat on the other side.
Low runner’s lunge: This one you are probably familiar with if you have ever been to a guided workout class. It’s a classic post workout stretch that we are going to deepen for that all important pelvic release. Start from a downward-facing dog or all fours. Exhale and step the right foot towards the hands. The right knee should be over the heel as you lift the heart center towards away from the knee, and sweep the arms up from your side. Lift the head back with the arms looking up, fingertips towards the sky. Lower the knee and feel the stretch across the groin, thigh, and pelvis. Hold for 1 minute breathing in and out and repeat on the other side.
Tree pose: Start in mountain pose with feet planted firmly on the ground and hands at heart center. Shift your weight into the right foot and slide the left foot off the floor placing it to the right inner thigh if you can. You can also place along the right shin. Be careful not to lock the knee. Keep the hips square and focus your attention to a point in front on you breathing in and out for a count of 10. When finished rotate the bent leg towards your center and lower the leg slowly to meet the other foot. Repeat on the other side.
Legs up a wall: Getting upside down at least once a day has so many health benefits from relaxation, lowered inflammation, stretching of the hamstrings, back, and legs, and of course pelvic floor relaxation. I personally love to do this one right from bed when I first wake up or go to sleep. Simply shimmy your hips as close to the wall or headboard as possible. Walk the feet up the wall until your body is shaped like the letter “L”. Flex the feet as you breathe in and out for at least 1 minute. I like to hold for 5. Experiment with deeper hip opening variations like butterfly and opening the legs in a wide “V” with feet flexed and then pointed.
It would be so Taurus of you to spend the full moon staying in for a cozy self-care ritual. Add my meditation for Mercury Retrograde with the theme of letting go to really relax into a deep sleep.
Abundantly,
BE.