BPM III — psoas struggle (left)

Birth-canal propulsion

This point is an editorial marker for the left psoas and lower-abdominal cluster often used in somatic descriptions of BPM III's intense pushing, resistance, and birth-canal struggle. Grof's matrix is experiential; this coordinate does not establish that the psoas is the biological cause of such sensations.

BPM I — oceanic periphery (left)BPM I — oceanic periphery (right)BPM II — no-exit throat constrictionBPM II — crushed chestBPM III — psoas struggle (left)BPM III — psoas struggle (left)BPM III — jaw struggle (right)BPM IV — crown openingBPM IV — chest release

Point 5 of 8 in Holotropic Breathwork — Basic Perinatal Matrices

Cross-tradition overlaps

No overlapping points are registered for this point.

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Sources

Stanislav Grof, The Adventure of Self-Discovery (primary)

Stanislav Grof, Beyond the Brain: Birth, Death, and Transcendence in Psychotherapy (scholarly_modern)

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