An international somatic educator and author, Liz Koch has thirty years of experience working with and specializing in the psoas muscle. Educating both laypersons and professionals, Liz Koch is recognized by colleagues in the movement, wellness, and fitness professions as a connoisseur of the core muscle of the human body. The author of The Psoas Book and Core Awareness- Enhancing Yoga, Pilates, Exercise and Dance, Koch is the founder of Core Awareness, a somatic approach to deepening the experience of the human core in order to improve skeletal alignment, balance, and orientation. She conducts Core Awareness workshops thoughout the United States, Canada, and the UK.
"Liz Koch's brilliant offerings contribute essential insights for
all who are engaged in somatic experience."
—Emilie Conrad, founder of Continuum Movement
"Liz Koch offers us a rich and profound understanding of movement.
Her extensive research on the psoas muscle provides an important
entry into the body and leads the reader into an appreciation of a
holistic view as opposed to a more familiar idiosyncratic or
mechanical view. Every serious student and practitioner will find
this book a must for their library."
—Anna Halprin, dance pioneer and author of Dance As a Healing
Art and Returning to Health: With Dance, Movement and
Imagery
“Liz Koch is a deep-diving ‘somanaut’ with many years of worldwide
teaching experience. In this book, Koch has moved beyond the psoas
into a thorough synthesis of many approaches to core awakening and
body balance. Easy to comprehend, with many practical exercises
that can be done at home with minimal equipment, this book will be
of interest to both the committed somatic explorer in search of
self-help and also the motivated practitioner seeking good
awareness exercises for client ‘homework.’”
—Thomas Myers, author of Anatomy Trains: Myofascial Meridians for
Manual and Movement Therapists
"It seems that yoga classes are offered on every corner these days,
but unfortunately they often emphasize movement over awareness,
stretching over sensing, and pushing oneself over self-exploration.
Luckily Liz Koch's book can offer the yoga student inspiration as
well as simple exercises which can create both the depth of feeling
and the profound sensitivity necessary to use yoga practice as a
physical, mental, and spiritual tool for transformation. I
recommend it highly."
—Judith Hanson Lasater, PhD, PT, yoga yeacher, and author of 30
Essential Yoga Poses: For Beginning Students and Their Teachers
“Liz Koch brings her years of awareness of the iliopsoas experience
concomitant with not only postural but physiological,
psychological, and transformational effects.”
—Bob Cooley, author of The Genius of Flexibility: The Smart Way to
Stretch and Strengthen Your Body
“Life is experienced within the frame of our body. Liz Koch offers
practical tools to enhance our ability to function, grow, and move
through life more gracefully. I highly recommend this book as a
resource for teachers and students.”
—Tom McCook, fitness and movement specialist, and director of
Center of Balance, Mountain View, California
“[Koch’s] level of detail is impressive with the main thrust on
exploration … exploring aspects of the core, and deepening the
student’s understanding of the extent of core awareness. These
exercises offer a great way for students to fine-tune their
awareness of core strength and sensations.”
—Yoga Teacher Magazine
“Liz Koch describes the basics of moving from one's core and the
muscles involved, blending these movements with explorations that
focus on inner sensations. The result is a positive exploration
recommended for health ... and exercise collections alike.”
—Midwest Book Review
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