The Psoas: Exploring Movement, Breath & Inner Awareness
An Experiential Exploration of Anatomy, the Koshas & the Subtle Body with Leila Stuart
Discover the psoas, often called the body’s “great connector”, and explore how this deep core muscle influences far more than movement alone.
In this experiential three-hour workshop, internationally recognized yoga therapist and educator Leila Stuart will guide you through a fascinating exploration of the psoas and its relationship to posture, movement, breath, energy, emotional patterns, groundedness, and awareness.
Using guided movement, somatic inquiry, and interoceptive awareness practices, you’ll learn to experience the psoas from the inside rather than simply studying it as an anatomical structure.
The workshop will also introduce the koshas, the five interconnected layers of human experience described in yogic philosophy. Through the psoas, we’ll explore how physical anatomy, breath and energy, emotions, awareness, and our deeper sense of self are interconnected.
What You’ll Explore
Experience and sense the psoas through guided movement and awareness practices
Understand why the psoas is often referred to as the body’s “great connector”
Explore its relationship to posture, movement, breathing, and core support
Learn how physical anatomy connects with breath, energy, and the subtle body
Explore the koshas as a practical framework for understanding embodied experience
Investigate the relationship between the psoas, protective patterns, emotional holding, and groundedness
Develop practical ways to bring greater psoas awareness into yoga, movement, and daily life
Who Is This Workshop For?
This workshop is open to curious yoga students, yoga teachers, movement teachers, therapists, and bodyworkers interested in exploring anatomy through both a physical and experiential lens.
You do not need an advanced understanding of anatomy or yogic philosophy. Come ready to move, explore, feel, and learn.
Date:
Saturday, Oct 24 from 1:00 PM - 4:00 PM
Price:
$90+gst
pre-registration is required
About Leila Stuart
Leila Stuart, BA, LLB, C-IAYT, is a retired Registered Massage Therapist who has practiced and taught yoga for more than 40 years. She developed and taught an innovative 300-hour Yoga Therapy training for 14 years with a focus on experiential anatomy, alignment, movement repatterning, and embodiment of the deeper teachings of yoga.
Leila specializes in transforming anatomical knowledge into meaningful somatic experience. She is an international teacher, educator, and conference presenter, author of Experiential Anatomy: Therapeutic Applications of Embodied Movement and Awareness, and co-author with Donna Farhi of Pathways to a Centered Body.
Leila lives and teaches in White Rock, BC.