Anna Benwell Soft Tissue Therapist

04/02/2026

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The one muscle that stores your stress, your fear, your tension… and your memories 🤔👇

If you’ve ever opened your hips in yoga or stretched deeply and suddenly felt emotional, shaky, or overwhelmed — you didn’t imagine it.
You touched your psoas, the deepest muscle in your core and one of the most sensitive parts of your entire nervous system.

This muscle is not just a hip flexor
It’s a fight or flight responder

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Why this muscle holds so much tension

When you feel stress, fear, shock, or pressure, your brain triggers a protective reflex:
curl in, guard the organs, get ready to run.

That reflex contracts the psoas every single time.

In modern life:

• stress piles up
• we sit for long hours
• the body never gets to run, shake, or release the tension

So the psoas stays tight, shortened, and tired.

A tense psoas can contribute to:

• lower back discomfort
• tight hips
• shallow breathing
• restlessness
• increased stress response
• difficulty relaxing

Not because it “stores trauma” in a mystical way, but because it is deeply wired into the nervous system pathway responsible for safety, alertness, and survival.

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The gentle release that works (no forcing, no deep stretching)

The psoas doesn’t like aggressive stretching.
It releases when the nervous system feels safe.

Try this simple, evidence-supported position:

Constructive Rest Pose

1. Lie on your back

2. Knees bent, feet flat on the floor

3. Let your knees fall inward so they rest against each other

4. Hands on your lower belly

5. Stay for 10–15 minutes

This position allows:

• the pelvis to settle
• the spine to decompress
• the psoas to soften naturally

You may feel warmth, tingling, or gentle shakes — all normal signs of relaxation.

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Why this works

Your psoas sits beside:

• the diaphragm (breathing)
• the lumbar spine (stability)
• major nerves
• blood vessels

So when it relaxes, you breathe deeper, your nervous system calms, and the whole body feels safer

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The truth in one sentence

Your psoas is not a storage locker for emotions — it’s the messenger between your stress and your body
When it finally relaxes, the whole system exhale

Save this, try it tonight, and see what shifts

25/01/2026

Only one week till February. Soon be spring 🥰

22/01/2026

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16/01/2026

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16/01/2026

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16/01/2026

🌟 January Appointments 🌟

Just about surviving the beginning of the year?

I know I am! 😅

These are my last appointments available for January.

⚡️muscle and joint aches and pains
⚡️movement limited and causing pain
⚡️wanting to be more active this year but pain is getting in the way
⚡️ injury flare up from run everyday January
⚡️ need support to move in the right direction
⚡️ a moment to step away from the pressures of life

This is your chance!

Sports massage and soft tissue therapy can help to reduce pain and support better movement. Calming the nervous system and relaxing the mind, supporting a postive mindset to move forward. With less muslce tightness and pain.

Treatment plan created for each client;

⚡️Soft tissue massage
⚡️Exercise
⚡️Support

d_fruen@hotmail.com
07824 709 619

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Are you a therapist?

*Massage
*Beauty
*chiropodist
*physio
*counsellor
*1 to 1 pilates or yoga instructor
*Aesthetic nurse
And looking for a beautiful place to work from? Prime location in Cowes. Entire facility to yourself.

As most of you now know I'm going to be having a little break from massage starting from October. So my treatment room will be available to rent. Amazing opportunity to build up your existing clientele.

Daily rate to be discussed

If you are interested or have any questions I'd love to hear from you 🤗

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Thank you 🥰