When You Think Psoas, Think "Love" and "Brain"

[@alexlonnquist]

Absolutely fascinating. Chinese medicine also confirms this -- kidneys are energetically connected to the psoas and hip flexors, and the emotion of the kidneys is fear! I've struggled with tightness in these muscles for my entire life to the point where my chiropractor described them like "guitar strings". But I'm happy to say that as I have healed my old emotions and traumas as well as healing myself mentally and physically my muscles feel so much better!! Thanks for the awesome video :)

[@johnhodgeman3980]

My osteopath said my intestine was shifted on the right. She said that there are organs which attach to the illacpsoas. In other words, your gut can cause psoas and hip flexor pain and inflammation or vice versa. Gut shifts the muscle or muscle shifts the gut. It makes sense that healing the gut including the kidneys would help with psoas. Dont discount CNS, though. The brain, gut, and CNS are all connected. If one is off, the other two will surely follow. You have to treat all three simultaneously for pain and inflammation.

[@NealHallinan]

Thank you for sharing your experiences.

[@PRonYouTube]

Lovely message. Love is the ultimate relaxation tool. Art, expression, acting are all ways to embody our emotions instead of guarding against them, and to release our bracing patterns.

[@marcibunn]

❤awesome! all she needed was love!

[@danniellearceneaux8228]

Yassss! I love this! I’ve been talking about this connection for a hot minute and have had some profound experiences with physical theater, clowning ,improv / musical improv and vocal lessons. I thought these intense hours in workshops would be hard physically. Although I was tired after 5 days I felt better than I have in quite a long time. It really felt like zero tension in my body. So beautiful, I want to share it 🎉❤

[@NealHallinan]

That is so great. Thanks for the comment.

[@marcodemoja2594]

I can relate so much to you Neal. I have been working in IT since my 20s I am 42 now and my right side of the the body is just screaming for help every time i start my working day. I didn’t change job yet cause I don’t really know what I want to do . I took a year break a while ago to start building a pattern of good habits ( yoga healthy food and fitness ) but as you rightly say that doesn’t certainly fix the problem. So I m still doing what I m doing but I try to integrate self expression activities in my daily routine. I must say yoga and acupuncture help my brain to relax when done in the proper way ( through correct breathing ). I must admit my biggest fear is to not be able to get the same money I make as an IT professional if I choose another path. It takes courage to do what you did so massive respect for your work.

[@guyboeckx9339]

Dear Neal, love your videos! ❤ As a Feldenkrais Practitioner I instantly connect to your (PRI) understanding of natural human sensory awareness and the Impact it has on our lives.. Keep on going providing the community with interesting approaches. We are more than we think 😊

[@NealHallinan]

Thank you. Glad you enjoy the videos.

[@coreymartin6363]

I feel relaxation in core areas that are always tight when I pretend that I'm emotionally comfortable in whatever situation I'm in. It's wonderful when I find the right mindset while exercising. If only I could get it to stick

[@yuvalbeckman2643]

Your video has brought tears of wonder to my eyes. Such a beautiful and true demonstration. This basically explains and demonstrates the meaning of being human. Connection and expression. That is such a profound message that resonates deeply in every one us. Thank you so much for this and all your other videos. Eye and heart and brain opening content each time ❤

[@laughinggnome81]

This is so fascinating. Thank you for posting this x

[@NealHallinan]

You're welcome.

[@mbdemaria]

Brilliant! Thank you!! Have to have you on my podcast. Appreciate the grounded embodied hard won wisdom! :)

[@sarahwegner671]

Dear Neal, sharing your insights is so valuable for the "few " people listening to your channel. It changes perspective and helps a lot. Thank you! Keep on going!

[@NealHallinan]

Thank you. I'm happy you are one of the few.

[@superpoo71]

The relationship with EMOTIONS is so on point!

[@NealHallinan]

Thank you.

[@Alisasissy]

thank you so much for your videos! In June there was a pretty big incident at my work with a colleague who shouted at colleagues several times over the course of two weeks and bad-mouthed their work and then it ended up affecting me too. We were in an office of four and in the situation I tried to defend myself, but at the same time I knew that I couldn't fight fire with fire, so I kept the emotions inside. Of course the bosses also got involved and there were individual discussions in which I was told that everything was normal, that things like that happened. Kind of "As women, we should let it go" bla bla bla. Other departments that noticed the incident were also afraid to speak out against the colleague mentioned. That's when I developed quite a bit of pain and stiffness in my hips, psoas. After things didn't improve, I quit in October and had to cry when I left the company that day. I felt more free, both emotionally and physically, than I had in months. I was able to walk normally again without the feeling that my pelvis ist getting pulled forward. I still have a lot to do with it, I have the feeling that it has made me more sensitive to stress, but now having a job where I can feel safe and problems are communicated openly helps enormously! thank you for your clarification! I thought I was crazy! Greetings from Germany

[@mlaracuffia]

Excelente video. Me convocó a seguirte y ver el resto de tus contenidos. Nuestro mundo no le está dando el lugar correcto al cuerpo en la cultura en un sentido amplio. Es una máquina natural hermosa y compleja de infinitas funcionalidades y tendemos a darle mala lectura a sus bondades y falencias. Individualmente vinimos a la vida a movernos y colectivamente a darle a eso un sentido vincular, expresivo y amoroso. Entender cómo eso sucede en nuestro organismo es maravilloso ❤

[@DrSlotnick]

Fantastic video, Neal. I love how you are integrating quality of life and behavioral influences into one's animation of their own body. This is completely coherent with our approach to vision rehabilitation. When we feel safe, our peripheral vision is more accessible, and we have much more time to anticipate interactions from our surroundings, as well as to respond from a neutral and available place. When we prescribe lenses therapeutically, these objectives are also supported, in a passive, non-conscious way. Glad to be part of the "tribe" as well!

[@NealHallinan]

@@DrSlotnick Thank you for the comment, Dr. Slotnick. Safety= peripheral, that’s huge for “cranially driven/dental patients”.

[@Busybeemiss]

Being a believer and knowing your identity as a child of God, you can face life in everything you do knowing how loved you are regardless if you have proper relationships in life or what you’re going through. It’s of vital importance ❤

[@user-wv5gv3dw5u]

Im in my 20's and I feel so mangled and damaged beyond repair...

[@miray1739]

So true, i stretch, exercise and go with my life and everything goes back “to one leg longer “ Or sometimes just walk around happy and leveled.

[@matthewchavezm.b.s5503]

They talk about people who have split personalities and the body will take on different characteristics depending on which personality is currently active. So they body does is a sense morph into different things depending on what the brain is telling it to morph into.

[@NealHallinan]

I hadn't thought about the split personalities. Thanks for mentioning it.

[@marykimberlyhayes]

Absolutely Excellent Conversation! Applause, Applause! Everyone on your channel LOVES the way your brain works!❤‍🔥

[@NealHallinan]

Thank you for the applause!

[@spinningtractor]

I find the peace during the Eucharistic adoration, that's actually the most comforting space I can think of. Dont know why, but it works, just sitting in complete silence in the Face of the Holy Sacrament.

[@wayneeligur7586]

I have learned that thought preceeds and launches 'feelings'. Thought is a overlay of the 'self-talk-dialogue' which runs in the background always, which grounds us singly and alone, and keeps us always in thee same physical location, and also the same person we expect.

[@edenmarie2502]

i love you Neal😭🤩 you always are saying what i need to hear. 👂🏼🙏🏼

[@NealHallinan]

I'm happy to hear it was helpful.

[@ErezCohen-n3e]

Dear Neal! Your channel is no. 1, your videos are a life changer for me. You are super intelligent, sensitive and authentic. Looking forward to your next video❤ Liat

[@NealHallinan]

Thank you, Liat. Hope you are doing well.

[@dogcenter2690]

Dear Nill, I appreciate your teaching very much. Thank you. It helps me very much in my development' and very inspiring to listen to a professional who speaks the language of holistic connection. Thank you for sounding this important approach. One day the world will see it too.

[@NealHallinan]

@@dogcenter2690 Thank you for the comment.

[@evafanniliszkai]

Absolutely genious! Thank you so so much!

[@nexnexusnex]

Always bringing the content to another level…

[@NealHallinan]

Thank you.

[@abr8562]

From personal experience, walking is difficult these days due to what feels like an SI problem. I have tried your trick of listening to music at a suitable pace while walking and it works like magic! The only thing happening being me relaxing and thinking of something other than looking down, bracing myself and expecting the worst :-) I have also noticed how everything worsen when I am in a specific (emotionally charged) setting, details unimportant, but it has be thinking that it is perhaps less about the furniture and the person I am with when this occurs and more about my emotional connection to the person/situation ....

[@NealHallinan]

All good things to explore.

[@blueberryyogini]

This is why the arts are so important to child development.

[@NealHallinan]

Absolutely!

[@StraaayKings]

Really this info is gold. Its how you synthesize it all as a whole.

[@NealHallinan]

Thank you. I appreciate the comment.

[@MisCWinter]

Thank you for sharing your knowledge. And i love that you open up about your personal life here. I find it healing when people open up because it gives me an oppertunitie to also expres myself. I'm learning alot about how my body works . Thank you.

[@NealHallinan]

You're welcome. I'm glad it was helpful.

[@raymondr7769]

Life changing insight as always 👍 thank you for posting

[@zorzineta]

😊😊🤩 So true. Everything you said. So good that people can find help and guidance on your channel

[@NealHallinan]

@@zorzineta Thank you for the comment. 👍

[@melipie22fablet]

This is amazing, thank you so much

[@NealHallinan]

You're welcome.

[@jacksonmargosis6604]

I am loving these videos related to autonomous and emotions! Have you read the body keeps the score? Reading it now as I feel it helps to understand so much about PRI!

[@scarlettarayajory5556]

Totallyyyyyyyy

[@NealHallinan]

Oh, definitely. I think it relates best to "patho PEC" patterns, who have unlimited ranges of motion when they should technically be quite restricted (SLR and shoulder tests are close to full ROM even though they have no ZOA), and cranially driven individuals, like me (hint, hint).

[@jacksonmargosis6604]

@@NealHallinanawesome insight! Thanks Neal… I’m slowly starting to think less of left IC adductor, right glute etc etc and more autonomics, emotions and sensory thanks to your channel! I hope you get paid royalties from PRI. You’re doing God’s work mate!

[@NealHallinan]

@@jacksonmargosis6604 People will generally get their left hip muscles and right glute (after left glute med) relatively easily as long as they aren’t “cranially driven” or extremely patho (or hypermobile). If I can get someone to sidelying hemi 90-90 w/ right glute max, and they can truly do it, they’ll be fine.

[@whitesoul197]

Fascinating, i will try the mandalas coloring book, it relaxes me but I haven't had a clue that's working at such a deep level.❤

[@NealHallinan]

It's certainly doing something on a deeper level.

[@whitesoul197]

@NealHallinan Thank you for posting this information🩷🙏!

[@neon.neutral]

Thanks Neal. Right on.

[@paulinedawber3306]

Fabulous video and love the connection of love and the brain❤

[@NealHallinan]

Thank you.

[@debbie_sacredmoving]

Wonderful in so many ways. I am a dancer and somatic movement educator (BMC) and I really ‘get’ and love what you’re sharing 🩵🧚‍♀️🦋

[@NealHallinan]

Ah, excellent!

[@andinea1]

Wow! Thank you for sharing this.

[@BrandyWiseNL]

Going to watch this multiple times 😊 and sing and journal and love whatever and whoever 😅

[@NealHallinan]

That's a great thought process 😁

[@BrandyWiseNL]

​@@NealHallinanLove how advocate for a peace of mind and positive influences. It has been a long process for me, 1,5 years and almost getting to core of it.

[@bootsmade4walking]

🩷🩷🩷

[@agriskaminskis9352]

Think C vitamin (multiple intakes during a day with sufficient amount of water), think supplementing iodine, zinc and selenium. In my opinion, people with PRI issues have "stuck nervous system" which is a symptom of mineral malnutrition or hypothoiroidism (low hormons) or smth of that sort. Of course, physical activity and pschychological tools are necessary but deficiency of nutrients is key. In my experience.

[@agriskaminskis9352]

Also diet and multiple meals a day. btw, How many fat people have PRI issues?

[@agriskaminskis9352]

neck stability

[@Stormy_Rainbows]

Wooooow. Ok ok ok. I'll do the art. Thank you so much for this 💗

[@joaomesquita5195]

I've learned a lot watching your videos, greetings from Brasil 🇧🇷🇧🇷🇧🇷

[@NealHallinan]

Muito obrigado!

[@mallorygaddis4243]

As a person who is out of shape i love this message lmao

[@RevSandi]

I love this. Thank you.

[@Sandrastarrlibra]

Thank you for this

[@windyui321]

thanks for the great content. I understand that you are saying if one is unhappy/stressed, doesn't matter how many pri or stretching they do, they will eventually get back to the pattern. But do you think if one changed their life from stressed to happy, will the pattern automatically goes away without any pri training?

[@NealHallinan]

The left AIC pattern is built into your very existence as as asymmetrical human. That is not the issue. The issue is an over-reliance on the pattern. So for some people, yes. It's not much different than John Sarno's observation that when many of his patient's learned that their back pain had no structural reality, their back pain went away. But that doesn't work for everybody.

[@inkght]

Wow - love your stuff. Happen to know any good practitioners in the Monterey, CA or the San Francisco Bay Area?

[@ollyyoung8080]

Please do a video on improving left thoracic rotation to help improve left winged scapula as a result of right BC pattern.

[@dani__thedon]

I've been having problems with my psoas for 11 months from a pulled muscle and there's no way I can recover. I do exercises to stretch and strengthen the core but I can't live without pain

[@dmcgill9360]

I've has the same thing happen to me after a serious tear of my left illopsoas during a deep stretch. Spent my life savings to see every expert there is over the years. This technique looks very interesting, but I can't find a practitioner where I live.

[@RanchoGaming007]

I m from india i want to come to USA for resolving this pattern . There is no PRI Trainer in india

[@Rłc6942O]

Hi Neal, I have since 2 years lateral pelvic tilt, my left pelvic been very hiked up, i started exercise in the gym and my issue become less visible but i has developed right-sided rotoscoliosis 23° cobba, most visible when bending (the spine bulges on the right side while the left side is still tense) Please response to me what should i do. I have pain, i have mental issues like beeing very streesed for no reason or like zombie. since it started i cant walking standing and sitting comfortly. I do so much exercises, been in so much physiotherapist and no one can help me. I am 17 years old now, it started when im 15 in growth spurt. I feel burn in my left rib cage time to time.

[@mastersofmathematics]

How can we contact you? I am having exactly the same problems as you described after suffering a major trauma while getting a dental implant. What to do? Treat somehow, splint, exercises?

[@NealHallinan]

If you are in the US, I suggest you check the Postural Restoration Institute website for providers.

[@kristallyzation]

I wish I could work with you, you’re absolutely fascinating

[@NealHallinan]

If you are in the US, you can find a Postural Restoration provider. I also do online consultations.

[@dmcgill9360]

I would love to visit a practitioner near me in the UK. I have so many illiopsoas issues caused by in initial tear. It has been life changing for years.

[@georgedonegan2183]

Martin Higgins in Leeds

[@dmcgill9360]

@georgedonegan2183 Wow, thank you so much 💓

[@masonwelty8058]

What's difficult is that my body pain is, while not the whole story, a huge reason for my mental health being poor. This a chicken and egg problem...or positive feedback loop.

[@greenbeanthetwo]

Dr Sarnos book “The mindbody prescription” REALLY helped break the loop for me

[@Walkingatthegym]

I’ve been doing PRI for around 9-10 months, no improvement. Hours and hours of research and practice doing exercises. Glasses, splint, and shoes. NOTHING WORKS FOR ME. I MAKE ZERO IMPROVEMENT. My low left back tightens up, I literally for the life of me cannot get into my left hip, much less feel my left adductor. It’s so frustrating I can’t take it anymore. My left hip hurts constantly and I have chronic costochondritis (rib pain) that does not cease. I’m going to literally lose my entire mind. I was literally yelling in my car today on the way home from the gym. I’ve had it. PRI is awesome; I’m not questioning PRI. but something’s wrong with me and I can’t figure it out.

[@edenmarie2502]

stay strong ♥️🙏🏼

[@edenmarie2502]

have you tried a high fat diet?! i’m seeing lots of good things about that these days especially for chronic pain

[@Piecesoftheshadow]

Wow don’t feel your pain… I feel this way about my own pain. It’s in my ribs and neck and hips and low back. It never ends. It drives me insane despite my best effort to stay together. I hope you find something that helps 😞

[@WooliteMammoth]

Have you seen soneone in person? lectures an examples only go so far. Also, less is more.

[@spirosm2315]

Check the connection between left aic right BC pattern and tongue tie

[@user-dg6zy3fs6c]

I’m patho pec and struggle with hard flaccid :(

[@laughinggnome81]

My left eye vision and left ear hearing are both significantly worse than my right. Should i try to increase sensory input to the left ear and left eye eg by wearing just a left earphone and trying a right eye patch??? Would this help to calm the brain? Am i getting too much sensory info from the right side of my face? Thank you x

[@bauan3886]

I have the same problem

[@DrSlotnick]

I would discourage you from trying an eye patch. While you may have asymmetry between the eyes, the brain craves binocular visual input, particularly for peripheral navigation. You might try seeking input from a provider with expertise in visual function (behavioral or developmental optometrist). You may find a provider with COVD, College of Optometrists in Visual Development. The demonstration with the patient showing an immediate difference with her eye closed was more of a diagnostic test, confirming that there is a binocular vision problem. It was not a recommendation to patch her eye as a solution. I hope this is helpful!

[@johnhodgeman3980]

You need to perform neurological excercises for your eyes. I dont know personally about ears. PRI can help but I'd suggest you try a Muscle Activation/Energy Technique specialist. They work at activating muscles by turning on nerves. It's fascinating stuff and it works. They can definitely help you with your eyes and probably your ears.

[@laughinggnome81]

thank you for the responses. much appreciated

[@gambinored81]

🎉❤Thanks

[@700joshr]

How do you learn PRI?

[@mares3841]

Thank you

[@Rominaschgeil]

Appreciate you

[@NealHallinan]

@@Rominaschgeil Thank you.

[@Fa-ok9xy]

hello neal i started doing pri beginner program i did the left zoa exercise for 3 days only and now i feel my upper traps are tight is this normal ?

[@NealHallinan]

@@Fa-ok9xy It means you are probably breathing with your neck, which means you aren’t breathing into your back.

[@Fa-ok9xy]

@NealHallinan Thank you so much!!! Today i did it and i think this is the first time in my life i can breathe i was breathing automatically from my nose for like an hour it was so calming then i went back

[@krysztaowyfilip4451]

Good morning. My hips are turned to the right and my shoulders and eyes are turned to the left. left hip higher and right shoulder higher. left back more tense, right foot and knee inwards. What is this traffic pattern? physiotherapists cannot help. Please help. Greetings from Poland.

[@pPamela2811]

Are you practicing breathing techniques to help the body? Are you doing anything creative like drawing, making things, dancing etc creating different experiences to relax yourself which in tuen relaxes your body.

[@BMorph]

Do you think that snowboarding riding in a goofy style (pelvis turned towards left) would help to take me out of a right dominant pattern? Recently I bought Onewheel Pint to ride goofy on the pavement. Kornelia

[@NealHallinan]

Maybe. Hard to say.

[@foquessiB]

Thank you :-) 🥁

[@NealHallinan]

You're welcome.

[@MindGymMeditations]

Love this

[@NealHallinan]

Thank you.

[@kd-mi4mi]

Neal is there any connection between PRI and Spinal Engine Theory?

[@NealHallinan]

I suppose there is, in regard to rotation of the spine as vital for non-compensatory movement and breathing. But you can't rotate effectively without having a functioning left side.

[@kd-mi4mi]

@NealHallinan thanks for your reply. What happens when we are carrying stuff in our arms (one or both) , on our back or on top of our head? Is non compensatory movement still possible?

[@marval30]

This is so informative, too bad you live in the East Coast. How do I get training for this?

[@NealHallinan]

Postural Restoration Institute website. If you see someone, it won't be discussed like in this video, however.

[@marval30]

@ Thank you, I do love how thorough you are in your work.

[@adrianlopez-ie7bz]

God bless❤

[@HeartFeelings.Sharing]

100%! 🙏💚✨

[@exavierwilson4758]

woooow. For an athlete, this validates the need for an alter-ego to further boost performance.

[@NealHallinan]

Definitely. You can't be "all-athlete" all the time. You'll burn out.

[@4bitafrita]

❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤

[@cdavis_fit]

You look like you could use some strength training.

[@nitai154]

🤡

[@nitai154]

🤡

[@NealHallinan]

Thank you.

[@dmcgill9360]

😮

[@madydaily]

Absolutely love your content. Do you know if there is another title of profession that would have similar knowledge than PRI? Combining PRI knowledge and weightlifting. I commented one side of the diaphragm is bigger to my physiotherapist and she didn't even know that. Also had no idea about the brain releasing tightness. There is no one from the PRI in Belgium :(

[@NealHallinan]

Unfortunately not. Human asymmetry is the starting point for PRI, but no other discipline it seems. The things I show with music, rhythm, a kiss, acting....all releasing hip flexors and tension, is my personal addition to the Postural Restoration perspective. It's not PRI as it is taught.

[@madydaily]

@@NealHallinan It's kind of crazy that just until now people are noticing the asymmetry. Is it possible to have an online assessment with you? or it's needed for that to be in person?

[@danniellearceneaux8228]

Yassss! I love this! I’ve been talking about this connection for a hot minute and have had some profound experiences with physical theater, clowning ,improv / musical improv and vocal lessons. I thought these intense hours in workshops would be hard physically. Although I was tired after 5 days I felt better than I have in quite a long time. It really felt like zero tension in my body. So beautiful, I want to share it 🎉❤

[@NealHallinan]

@@danniellearceneaux8228 Thank you for this wonderful comment relating your experiences.