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First you need to engage your core at all timesâthis doesnât mean sucking it in and keeping it tight; itâs 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 coreâit 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 phonesâpull your head back and keep your chin lifted! (Try yoga for text neck) * slouch and slump in their shouldersâpull 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 hipsâyour 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 youâre 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 yogaâstarting 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 Hilmanâs 7-day chakra series).
You might want to look into somatic yoga and Pilates and body scan meditations too because youâre probably not very aware of your body.
I sit on the front edge of seats whenever Iâm not lounging on the couch (deeply engrained habit from playing viola for years). I think this helps because itâs very easy to slouch when youâre leaning on the back of a chair for support rather than using your own muscles to stay upright.
There have been times where Iâve regressed and I bought an adjustable posture corrector to helpâtheyâre like tight backpack straps for both shoulders that connect in the back and pull your shoulders back.
Thatâs about all I can say⌠posture is very important to me because itâs essential for your health and weâll-being and it makes you appear confident and elegant. hope this helps! đ
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 phonesâpull your head back and keep your chin lifted! (Try yoga for text neck) * slouch and slump in their shouldersâpull 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 hipsâyour 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 youâre 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 yogaâstarting 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 Hilmanâs 7-day chakra series).
You might want to look into somatic yoga and Pilates and body scan meditations too because youâre probably not very aware of your body.
I sit on the front edge of seats whenever Iâm not lounging on the couch (deeply engrained habit from playing viola for years). I think this helps because itâs very easy to slouch when youâre leaning on the back of a chair for support rather than using your own muscles to stay upright.
There have been times where Iâve regressed and I bought an adjustable posture corrector to helpâtheyâre like tight backpack straps for both shoulders that connect in the back and pull your shoulders back.
Thatâs about all I can say⌠posture is very important to me because itâs essential for your health and weâll-being and it makes you appear confident and elegant. hope this helps! đ
Dec 7, 2024
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