Come join us to explore and understand the deep significance of the deeply rooted and spiritual Psoas muscle in your body and how it's health, function and resilience are vital to maintaining not only a healthy spine & hip function, but also nervous system balance. We will learn some techniques, exercises and practices to achieve and maintain optimal Psoas function, how it relates to the rest of the body, and can influence holistic/overall well-being.
About the workshop: The Psoas is the main muscle that connects your torso and lower body. It’s a very unique part of our body because it aids us in a multitude of functions that contribute to our overall wellbeing. Physically, it stabilizes your lower spine and brings your leg up towards your torso, which is reflected in many daily activities (walking, picking something up from the floor, etc). But it also has a profound connection to our nervous system-our mental and emotional health. Cultivating a resilient Psoas can help us to regulate our flight/fight/freeze response, and support our overall wellbeing, as well as recovery from injury and traumatic events
BIO and INFO;
Olivia studied different rehabilitation modalities intensively as a means to heal, rebuild, and reconnect from the inside out. She is extremely grateful and can attest to the healing benefits from her firsthand experience. She combines elements of Pilates, Neurokinetic therapy, breathwork, fascial release, physical therapy and more in her work to help others. Olivia holds a comprehensive certification through STOTT Pilates and has been teaching since 2013. She has experience and compassion for working with all age ranges, levels, and especially those with injuries. She specializes in rehabilitation especially with the spine and Psoas.
Veggie Mijas Biography:Veggie Mijas is a women of color collective, in which we highlight the importance of having a plant-based lifestyle while also intersecting race, gender identity, class, and sexuality; being brown, Latinx, non-binary, women, queer, genderqueer, coming from a working class background, and having other marginalized identities. We are very passionate about spreading awareness of the lack of resources we have to healthier options in the hood, animal liberation, environmental justice. This is a platform where womxn/folks have shared their families recipes, their own recipes, and have talked about why being vegan has connected them to their ancestral roots.
Our Mission
To create sacred spaces for folks where they can share their experiences with food or having a plant-based diet through a intersectional lens. Veggie Mijas has a national collective list where folks can share their information, know about events happening in their city, and meet other vegan folks of color in their community. Therefore, our main focus is sharing space, relearning ancestral practices through foods, share our plant-based recipes, and provide access to information our community needs. This is done through organizing events such as potlucks, vegan panels, farm sanctuary trips, yoga sessions, learning how to plant herbs, and much more. Lastly, our goal is to show folks that decolonizing your diet is possible.