Joint Motion Map — Field Reading Tool

Reading

Select a node

Tap any joint on the figure to bring up its motion axis and its spiritual / somatic territory.

Motion state at this node

Session notes

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Motion states

Clear — healthy pass-through, balanced flow

Bottleneck — stuck, blocked, held back under pressure

Dormant — no motion, gone quiet, numb, absent

Excess — too much motion, flooding, spilling over

Leak — motion draining away, slow depletion

Stale — old motion congealed, unprocessed

Erratic — starts & stops, no rhythm, conflict

Joint Motion Reference — Printable

Field Reading Reference · Motion Node Map

The Body as Field

Joints read as motion checkpoints. The body runs vertically from foundation to expression — where the bottleneck sits tells you the nature of what's stuck.

Lower · FoundationToes → hips. Direction, groundedness, support, safety, the base of movement.

Mid · Will & SupportSacrum, spine, hips. The hinge between what you intend and what holds you up.

Upper · ExpressionShoulders → jaw. Burden, perspective, voice — how intention reaches the world.

Joint	Motion axis	Spiritual / somatic read
Lower · Foundation
Toes	Push-off · ground detail	Fine forward propulsion and final ground contact. Small steps, digging in, the grip on the path itself.
Ankles	Flex · rotate	Foundation and flexibility of direction — first contact with the ground. Instability reads as fear of the next step or resistance to a direction being asked of you.
Knees	Hinge · weight-bearing	Pride, ego, humility, surrender. Whether you yield or lock. Stiffness reads as stubbornness or fear of bending; instability as unwillingness to commit weight.
Hips	Ball & socket · widest range	The great storage vault — emotional holding, safety, sexuality, creativity. Where fear and trauma settle. Deep restriction reads as long-held guardedness; excess as ungoverned generative output.
Mid · Will & Support
Sacrum / Pelvis	Subtle hinge · tilt	The hinge between will and foundation — the seat of power and base of the central channel, where upper intention meets lower support.
Lumbar spine	Bend · twist (low back)	Foundational support, survival and material stability — the literal backbone. Bottleneck reads as fear around safety and being unsupported.
Thoracic spine	Rotation · mid-back	Heart-level carrying. Grief storage and emotional protection over the chest. Restriction here often guards something at the heart.
Upper · Expression
Shoulders	Ball & socket	Burden and responsibility — what you carry and feel obligated to hold. Load you take on, often for others.
Elbows	Hinge	Flexibility in giving and receiving, and in changing direction. Also defense. Locked elbows read as inability to adjust the terms of exchange.
Wrists	Rotation · articulation	How you handle and turn your world; receiving, dexterity, fine adjustment. Stiffness reads as difficulty adapting your grip on a situation.
Fingers	Fine grip · articulation	Fine terminal detail — precision, grasping vs. releasing, connection through touch. Trouble here is trouble with the fine handling of relationships and tasks.
Neck (cervical)	Rotation · tilt	The bridge between thought and action, and the flexibility of perspective — willingness to turn and see another view. Stiffness reads as a fixed viewpoint.
Jaw (TMJ)	Hinge · grind	Expression and the unsaid. Control, held-back words, what stays clenched. Bottleneck reads as swallowed voice; grinding as chronic over-control.

Motion states — how to mark a node

Clear — healthy pass-through, balanced flow

Bottleneck — stuck, blocked, held back under pressure

Dormant — no motion at all, gone quiet, numb, absent

Excess — too much motion, flooding, spilling over

Leak — motion draining away, slow depletion, loss

Stale — old motion congealed, unprocessed history

Erratic — starts & stops, no rhythm, inner conflict