Named after the author's popular exploratory workshop of the same name, Stalking Wild Psoas contains nine short essays to inspire somatic therapists, bodyworkers, and yoga and movement teachers to conceive of the body not as an object to be fixed, but as a self-organizing, self-healing, and bio-intelligent system.
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.
"In Stalking Wild Psoas, Liz Koch cradles our collective
gasp and assumes the role of a trusted guide into the fascinating
poetry of embodiment."
--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 Gestaltung--as the
expression of our soul, intelligence, and consciousness."
--Jaap van der Wal, MD, PhD, embryologist, anatomist, and
(recovering) morphologist
"Stalking Wild Psoas takes us on a wonderful journey into
our embryological potential, the bio-intelligence of the forces of
life that generate our form, our holistic fluid nature, and a
healing approach that is based upon this depth of perception and
understanding."
--Franklyn Sills, author and pioneer of Biodynamic
Craniosacral Therapy
"Liz Koch is an artist of the somatic metaphor who is in it for
a long and deep dive within. These essays track her journey through
the illusions and delusions of the mechanical construct of the body
into a holistic vision of 'the body to come.' She stalks 'wild
psoas' where the perception of the 'body as lived' comes into
coherence with the 'body as anatomy.' Koch's approach is resolutely
holistic, philosophical, and deliciously interoceptive."
--Tom Myers, author of Anatomy Trains "This book inspires us
to sensually, and with open interest, experience the
bio-intelligence of our living being. Through her articulate and
passionate voice, Liz Koch weaves together art, science, inquiry,
exploration, deep care, and listening with the ways she is learning
from within her own body, and with the bodies of her students and
clients. What emerges is a textured narrative tapestry telling the
story of our biological origins, biological intelligence, and our
possibilities for the future if we participate by stalking the wild
psoas."
--Mary Abrams, MA, RSME, somatic educator and founder of Moving
Body Resources "Liz Koch captures the fundamental wholeness and
innate intelligence of the body through her elegant prose in
Stalking Wild Psoas. Her words convey a visual-sensorial
experience, taking the reader on a journey of appreciation and
discovery of the multi-dimensional fabric of being-in-body. Koch's
writing clearly delineates the essential differences between a
biomechanical approach to understanding our physical nature and a
holistic approach, touching the mystery and beauty of all that a
body possesses."
--Carol A Agneessens, MS, biodynamic cranialsacral and Rolf
educator and author of The Fabric of Wholeness: Biological
Intelligence and Relational Gravity "Liz Koch is a crucial
voice for our time--a true 'core intelligence explorer.' She has
dedicated her life to sparking a desperately needed shift of
awareness in our medical and movement models from a static,
biomechanical approach to a fluid, biointelligent one."
--Wendy LeBlanc-Arbuckle, creator of 3Core Connections "This
wonderful book goes far beyond a simply anatomical and
physiological view of the psoas to portray a deep understanding of
the body arising from Liz Koch's many years of working with
clients, colleagues, and herself."
John Wilks, author of Using the Bowen Technique to Address
Complex and Common Conditions "In Stalking Wild Psoas,
Liz Koch brings forth the wealth of knowledge that she has
developed by teaching and studying with somatic greats like Emilie
Conrad Da'oud. I recommend this book for all who wish to develop
more understanding and connection with their bodies."
--Donnalea Van Vleet Goelz, PhD, chair of the Emilie Conrad Da'oud
Research Initiative "Beautifully written, as if the life force
itself helped organize it, this book brings a sense of relief,
possibility, and hope, from the physical to the spiritual. You can
feel your body resonate with the truth of it. The deep visceral
knowledge of the author comes through on every page, helping us
tune in to things we instinctively always knew but were cut off
from. Loving and helpful, this amazing book opens new vistas of
healing and the understanding of our own nature."
--Susan B. Eirich, PhD, founder of Earthfire Institute
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