It is phenomenally bad for the hips and some 2 years ago, before I started consistently attending yoga classes, I could barely sit cross legged on the floor. When I sat my knees would be floating up, unable to relax and fall to the ground. My hips are tight to begin with, and 10 years of excessive sitting just made it worse.
As I delved deeper into yoga and it's many theories and teachings, I learnt that negative energy is also stored in my hips. Feelings of fear, anxiety, frustration, disappointment, and everything I don't need. I'm sure much of this bad stuff I unleashed onto the world but it appears that the rest of it, I've kept. Other than that, just having naturally tight psoas or perhaps the way my hips are built could surely be one of the root causes.
So all this said, I'm a big fan of hip opening poses but the only challenge I have with them is the emotions that come after. It sounds all very hippy and new age but actually, it's ancient. Knowledge that has been around forever only to be rediscovered during a session of hip openers.
While I feel an immense relief in the hips I also feel mellow, almost sad, but not. And this is happening more and more frequently as I let my mind free itself during practice. Doesn't matter if I do ashtanga or yin practice. Same range of strange emotions. Perhaps, before, I was too concerned about the poses, or the stretch, or at times the pain, to realise it. But of late, I seem to have tapped into an ocean of dissapointment and frustration that has manifested itself into my body. Am I slowly letting go? Could I be coming to terms with myself? My true self? My first world problems ?
It could be 10 years before I make it into lotus pose. But if there is a will, there surely is a way. It could mean more changes than I intend but that's quite exciting isn't it? So much realisation. No wonder Shakira says "hips don't lie". That woman knows what's she is on about.
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