Posture 3D style: Part 2
So before I get deep into the
subject of posture and how to sit up straight I feel the need to acknowledge
that this blog post is probably a good 3 months overdue. Somehow I have found every form of
procrastination possible, from putting up a Christmas tree, to sweeping floors,
before divulging my thoughts on proper posture.
In some sort of weird “cosmic” way I’m actually happy that I
didn’t post what I initially had written for part 2. Here’s why, I had a huge list of anatomical, position
specific directions that were over the top and I think confusing to the average
Joe or Jamey. For a fellow colleague or
an individual like myself, my in depth analysis of how many degrees your pelvis
should be tilting and how your adductors should be engaging, would have been an
appropriate “how to” guide for
posture. For the Joe’s and Jamey’s my “how
to” guide would have flown right over their heads. Which defeats the purpose of this post.
The massage therapist in me wants
the Joe’s and Jamey’s to connect with their bodies and to have the felt experience
of what good posture feels like. This is
because life can get overwhelming and stressful, and lets face it, we all need
some simple tools that we can pull out of our back pockets when were slumping
over our desks and computers.
So here it is posture 3D style:
The most important part of the posture process is to connect with your body. I would suggest getting comfortable and maybe
start by closing your eyes and taking some big belly breaths in and out.
The only directional tips I’m
going to give you is, if you are standing
press into the four corners of your feet or if your seated take your sit bones, the bones in your bum, to the back corner
of the seat/chair. This will give you a
supported foundation.
Now that your foundation is stable
what your going to do is visualize your body expanding in three planes, 3D
style. Start with front to back, then
add side to side and then finish with bottom to top. With each direction take a
belly breath in and out and imagine your breath expanding your body. You can repeat this for as many cycles as you
like.
It’s that simple!
Again, I could intellectualize posture until the cows come
home but this is at the risk of all the Joe’s and the Jamey’s being stuck in
their heads and not in their bodies.
Which would lead to a bunch of useless information floating around in
brain matter that has no connection to what you are feeling on a daily basis and
really, who has extra room for useless information in their brain matter?
So I encourage you to connect with your deeper posture self
and start enjoying all the deep benefits of perky posture.
