5 Tips for better posture
1. Head in the clouds; feet on the earth. Think of the opposition of your head moving up, while your feet are releasing down. If you’re sitting, think of your head moving up and your sit bones releasing down into the chair.
2. Don’t worry about putting your shoulders back. They’re probably rounding forward because your neck is poking forward and your ribcage is collapsed. Think your neck back, your head rotated forward and up and your whole torso lengthening and widening. Your shoulders will release into width. Notice your breath.
3. Take 5 or 10 minutes out of your day to lie facing up on the floor with your head resting on a few inches of paperback books. Have one or both feet on the floor, thinking your knee or your knees up towards the ceiling. Let yourself breathe slowly and fully. Think lengthening and widening.
4. If you have to slump, slump. Then slowly get out of the slump by letting your head lead your torso into length while your sit bones release down into the chair. Try not to spend too much time in your habitual slump (like right now?) Take frequent breaks, and think expansion.
5. Get an Alexander Technique session!
Just because the economy is in a slump, doesn’t mean you have to.
Mark Josefsberg-Alexander Technique NY
Call Mark@ 269 POSTURE
or 917.709.4648
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