11/21/2025
🤔Ever notice how yoga poses open the body, especially the armpits and groin area?
🧘🏽This was a lesson I gave in our yoga classes last week…
Understanding Trapped Energy in the Armpits & Groin:
💡It’s where physiology meets subtle energy.💫
The armpits (axilla) and groin (inguinal region) are vital crossroads in the body — rich with lymph nodes, fascia, and nerve pathways.
When these areas are tense or stagnant, lymphatic drainage and energetic flow can become restricted, creating a feeling of heaviness or emotional tightness.
In yoga and Ayurveda, this is understood as a blockage in prāṇa (life force) — the subtle current that nourishes every cell.
These regions are closely linked to:
💚 Anāhata Chakra (Heart Center): governing compassion, openness, and breath.
🧡 Svādhiṣṭhāna Chakra (Sacral Center): governing creativity, fluidity, and release.
When tension builds here — whether from posture, stress, or suppressed emotion — both the physical and energetic systems can feel “stuck.”
Ways to Support Release & Flow:
🌬 Deep diaphragmatic breathing to mobilize lymph and prāṇa.
💆🏽♀️ Gentle self-massage (abhyanga) under the arms and along the inner thighs.
🧘♀️ Yoga poses that open the shoulders and hips (like Gomukhāsana and Baddha Koṇāsana).
💧 Hydration and mindful movement throughout the day.
When we tend to these junctions — both physically and energetically — we invite better circulation, detoxification, and emotional clarity.
Opening the arms, as we do in yoga, is a known mood-lifter.
Namaste,
Andrea Blossom 🌸🧘🏽
