Chulel Wellness

One of my main objectives when I work with clients is getting them to feel their power through their bodies. The ‘Power Center’ in several Eastern practices is at the solar plexus, the split of the rib cage.

There are plenty of reasons both physical and emotional that this area shuts off. In a physical sense, a pulled forward posture can come from a variety of places and close off this area of agency and will. Most commonly that I see are: tight quads, restricted diaphragm, tight SCM muscles in the neck and tension in the guts. There’s also always the psoas and its ability to pull us into flexion.

Personally, I think the psoas is too often pointed to when the actual issue is some of these other areas. That said, last year I finally tried the Hip Hook by and was sold. It is hands down the best psoas and iliacus release I’ve ever tried and I’ve seen it do wonders for some of my clients.

Yesterday the lovely, was feeling tension in her chest, which restricted her breathing. We loosened up her quads and used the hook—see before and after. One could do the same at home with a foam roller/massager in tandem with the hook for opening up the chest and breath naturally.

Link to the hook in bio with 10% off. 🤸🏼‍♂️