Unfolding Into Maturity: The Design Evolution of the Back Line

Our intuitive understanding of maturity is not matched by an understanding of the somatic components that tell us a person is really functioning as an adult. And yet the signs are there in posture and movement for us all to read. The body unfolds (the literal meaning of 'evolve') from a fetal curl to an upright adult. Along the way are many pitfalls, which result in chronic tension, diminished function, and often represent a stage of development that was not completed. In this yoga download, Thomas Myers gives an overview on this journey to maturity, concentrating on the function in the myofasciae in the back of the body.