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See all 2 formats and editions hide other formats and editions. Join facebook to connect with liz koch and others you may know. The content on the blog for evoke physical therapy and wellness center, llc is for educational and informational purposes only, and is not intended as medical advice. Liz koch is the author of the psoas book, a comprehensive guide to the iliopsoas muscle and its profound effect on the bodymindemotions. Core awareness the home of liz koch and the psoas muscle book a. Weaving together biology, living systems thinking, and somatic movement, these nine short essays will inspire somatic therapists, bodyworkers, and movement educatorsliz koch, author of core awareness and the psoas book, seeks to dissolve the objectification of. Weaving together biology, living systems thinking, and somatic movement, these nine short essays will inspire somatic therapists, bodyworkers, and movement educators liz koch, author of core awareness and the psoas book, seeks to dissolve the objectification of body in order to reconceptualize human beings as biologically intelligent, selforganizing, and selfhealing. If her psoas muscle is short and constricted, it reduces the internal space available for organs and viscera as well as the growing fetus, writes koch. Bayo akomolafe, author of these wilds beyond our fences liz koch opens the reader to a brilliant phenomenological panorama of the human body as a shaping, a process, a gestaltungas the expression of our soul, intelligence, and consciousness. Liz koch is an international teacher and author with 43 years of experience working with and specializing in the psoas. Liz koch, author of core awareness and the psoas book, seeks to dissolve the objectification of body in order to reconceptualize human beings as biologically intelligent, selforganizing, and selfhealing. I recommend this book for all who wish to develop more understanding and connection with. Welcome to core awareness my educational website dedicated to understanding the psoas by enhancing somatic awareness in order to comprehend the power, complexity, and profound influence of this mysterious body tissue.
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