And while we're at it, I DON'T think trauma "is stored in the hips."
I think in the modern "developed world," computerization, the nature of a lot of low-wage up on through middle/upper middle class jobs, and a real reliance on public and private road or rail transit with less walkable cities, has led to a lot of people spending a lot of time everyday either sitting down or standing stationary rather than moving around with more varied activity throughout the day.
And I think if you mix woo jargon and emotional or psychological prompting (i.e., leading the witness) into your secularized (or not!*) religious/quasi-religious/formerly-religious exercise practice in a 100⁰F room right before you force a muscle insertion point into fascia release, emotionally constipated people are going to fucking cry about it.
But they all have stiff and tight hips. People got trauma and they got stiff hips because they have a 90 minute commute over potholes 2x a day after having to sit at a fuckass desk or stand behind a register for 8 hours. Unless the (emotional) "trauma" in your hips is "wage slavery," they're not related!
*And to prove the Orientalist cultishness of Western yoga of it all, are the musclehead gym rats talking about trauma in their hips when they're doing hip thrusts, split squats, using the abductor/adductor machines, or foam rolling their legs? Are the "Pilates princesses" talking about weeping, but at only pelvic work? The folks at Barre classes? Zumba? Hell, I've damn near thrown up in physical therapy, do you think that's a common refrain for PT/OT? That it's just the hips? Do you think your hypermobile buddies have less trauma than you?
There are plenty of traumatized people who do well with physical activities that ground themselves in and remind them of their physical experience and existence with their own bodies. That's great. Very happy for them. But it's not a universal experience rooted in any kind of scientific fact!
