ribs

The ribs symbolize the family members (family tree). Upper ribs: T1-2-3-4 = They symbolize the ascending (parents, grandparents, great-grandparents). Central ribs: T5-6-7-8 = They represent the collateral (brothers, cousins, etc.) Lower ribs: T9-10-11-12 = They represent the descendants (children, […]

The bones are key to healing your body and emotions. For instance: Grief is stored in the Rib bones; Stubbornness is trapped in the Jaw bone; Self-Confidence is hidden in the Shin bones; and Sexual Abuse is stored in the Pubic bone. If any bones are weak, then so is the rest of the physical and emotional body.

At the front of the body, most of the ribs are joined by costal cartilage to the sternum. Ribs connect to vertebrae at the costovertebral joints. The parts of a rib includes the head, neck, body (or shaft), tubercle, and angle. The head of the rib lies next to a vertebra.

Rib pain is a symptom of many different types of anxiety, as is chest pain that can be felt in the ribs. Muscle tension and hyperventilation are the most common causes, although other issues like poor sleep can affect it. Treating anxiety is the only way to keep it away.

Certain exercises and 'hip-opening' stretches target specific muscles within this area, improving circulation, energy, motion and even reducing back pain. Therefore, as stress causes your body to tighten, the hips become crucial to nurturing and relieving emotional tension.

Your Rib-Hip Connection is the distance between your ribcage and your pelvis, or from your lower ribs to your hip bones.

The first rib has several attachments which are listed below;

• Anterior scalene muscle: scalene tubercle.
• Middle scalene muscle: between groove for the subclavian artery and transverse tubercle.
• Intercostal muscles: from the outer border.
• Subclavius muscle: arises from the distal shaft and first costal cartilage.

The bones are key to healing your body and emotions. For instance: Grief is stored in the Rib bones; Stubbornness is trapped in the Jaw bone; Self-Confidence is hidden in the Shin bones; and Sexual Abuse is stored in the Pubic bone. If any bones are weak, then so is the rest of the physical and emotional body.

The depression in the chest is due to abnormal growth of the cartilage that attaches the sternum to the ribs. Because of the deep depression, the lower ribs can stick out and give the appearance of a potbelly in younger children. This is call “rib flaring".

Hip opening yoga poses like Standing Forward Fold (Uttanasana), create a lengthening and stretching effect on these muscles which helps release tension and increase flexibility. Hip openers also engage the gluteal muscles, primarily the gluteus maximus, medius, and minimus.

Hip-opening stretches provide a deeply nurturing way to care for the body, improve mobility, and boost energy. Hip openers may also release suppressed emotion and clear energy blocks. You will need to try various exercises to find the ones that work best for you and build them into your routine.

The rib cage consists of 24 ribs (2 sets of 12), which are attached to a long, flat bone in the centre of the chest called the sternum. The ribs are connected to the sternum with a strong, somewhat flexible material called cartilage.