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Working on having good posture all day then having 10-20 mins of banana back time just to even the score
Jan 26, 2024
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I have atrocious back pain from the way I hunch over like a goblin. when I am on a walk and I straighten my posture, I start to feel like I’m lighter as i strut. even though it takes more effort and attention I feel like my legs are carrying less and it’s nice.
Feb 23, 2025
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Or alternatively, changing your posture every once in a while if you sit behind a desk!
Aug 27, 2024
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First you need to engage your core at all times—this doesn’t mean sucking it in and keeping it tight; it’s more like gently, ever so slightly drawing your belly button up and back towards your spine and breathing through your diagram just enough to keep those muscles activated. Strengthen your core—it protects the spine and gives you the power to keep all of your other muscles engaged!
When standing, your head, heart (shoulders and upper chest), hips, and feet should ideally be in alignment. Obviously the same goes for sitting as far as the torso is concerned.
People tend to:
* have forward neck posture from mouth breathing and being on their phones—pull your head back and keep your chin lifted! (Try yoga for text neck)
* slouch and slump in their shoulders—pull the heads of your shoulders back and rotate them outwards; retract your shoulder blades by drawing them back and towards the spine.
* tilt and lean their pelvis and hips—your tailbone should be scooping forward and down and your hips should ideally be perpendicular to the floor.
Check yourself throughout the day and see if you’re in alignment.
It takes active work to have good posture. Your posture-supporting muscles are most likely weak. I would recommend light body weight strength training like Pilates, barre, or yoga and I would also encourage you to do chakra yoga—starting at the root chakra and working your way up. This will help you systematically get into alignment at every chakra which are essentially the posture points I identified above (I love Jen Hilman’s 7-day chakra series).
You might want to look into somatic yoga and Pilates and body scan meditations too because you’re probably not very aware of your body.
I sit on the front edge of seats whenever I’m not lounging on the couch (deeply engrained habit from playing viola for years). I think this helps because it’s very easy to slouch when you’re leaning on the back of a chair for support rather than using your own muscles to stay upright.
There have been times where I’ve regressed and I bought an adjustable posture corrector to help—they’re like tight backpack straps for both shoulders that connect in the back and pull your shoulders back.
That’s about all I can say… posture is very important to me because it’s essential for your health and we’ll-being and it makes you appear confident and elegant. hope this helps! 💋
Dec 7, 2024
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