FWIW, hip-opening poses are fairly well-known for tending to bring up issues -- apparently it's an area where people are prone to "store" stuff, even if the issues or traumas weren't necessarily associated with that area of the body.
Hip-openers also involve working quite deep inside layers of tissue, and can feel particularly vulnerable/risky. So, extra potential for triggering emotional reactions.
So ... if it helps at all to know, this is not unknown or rare.
There are various people doing work on using yoga to work with PTSD, and developing "trauma-sensitive yoga". I haven't read it, but this book looks like it could be extremely relevant and useful:
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Date: 2012-11-20 01:27 pm (UTC)Hip-openers also involve working quite deep inside layers of tissue, and can feel particularly vulnerable/risky. So, extra potential for triggering emotional reactions.
So ... if it helps at all to know, this is not unknown or rare.
There are various people doing work on using yoga to work with PTSD, and developing "trauma-sensitive yoga". I haven't read it, but this book looks like it could be extremely relevant and useful:
http://www.amazon.com/Overcoming-Trauma-through-Yoga-Reclaiming/dp/1556439695