Remember, our whole body is connected and indeed, as we twist in the body, we twist the dura mater (tough mother) and fascia in the brain.

I cue through starting with Tadasana and have my clients lift their internal arches while rooting through the triad in the feet. Then, begin yin breathing with an inhale up the insides of the legs, drawing the breath up the front of the spine to the top of the head, then exhaling down the SBL.

Beginning at the back of the head, the occipital ridge, take the loop downward on the splenius capitis into the rhomboid and serratus anterior. The rhomboid/serratus complex is strongly connected and it is difficult to separate them, even in dissection (figure 4.1). They work together to hold the shoulder blade (scapula) to the rib cage—sometimes

If you engage and lift up on the perineum and inhale notice that the diaphragm does not move as far south as compared to when you gently lift on the pelvic floor (levator ani and fascia) with less of a physical lift and more of an energetic engagement of the pelvic floor. The actual energetic spots of Mula Bandha are behind the cervix and behind

Any work that offers a release to the infrahyoids, scalenes and longus colli/capitis will offer a profound release of the DFL. We literally hang from our heads—imagine a fascial wedding dress that drapes downward. When we adjust how we hang from our heads, the shoulders soften downwards and connect with a smoother line to the sacrum and pelvis.

Our fascia is the largest and richest sensory organ of our body - with more nerves imbedded in it than even the eye or the tongue.

The stretch can be increased through the SL by engaging the shoulder blade toward the spine—shortening the rhomboids. For example, in a right twist you draw the scapula toward the spine and may add tucking the chin toward the right breast at 45 degrees, which stretches the left splenius capitis.

The knee is a secondary curve in the body because it is held in place by the muscles above and below unlike primary curves which are defined by the bone, such as the ankle. I encourage a soft knee, not hyperextended backward, and not a deep bend.

When we inhale and expand our bellies, the diaphragm flattens and everything that is attached to it heads south toward the pelvic floor. With each exhale; as we draw our navels back, the diaphragm goes back to a neutral dome position.