The lower legs, particularly the shins and feet, tend to be chronically tense with an anxiety borne of a largely unnecessary struggle to stabilise our connexion with the ground. The same with the forearms and hands – forever trying to excessively control the quality of our connexion with what we touch. The same with our minds – always searching for the advantage. All these tensions mean that our energy never really gets out – it's strangled by our fearful need to control.