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Better Posture by Widening Shoulders and Your Back
To widen the back is one of F.M. Alexander’s key methods to achieve better posture. Although his technique does enhance our body and mind beyond positively affecting posture, I like the technique for how it results in better posture. Lengthening the spine, freeing the neck, and balancing the head a top the shoulders is my credo and it has proven beneficial. I now have better posture and feel physically more normal than I ever have in my life. I have a certain grace and poise as I move about. I interact with others without feeling inhibited or self conscious. What a wonderful technique. My body is becoming more accustomed to my changes. I am loosening up now since my spine is more lengthened, as that [...]
Posture While Sitting at the Office
Better posture means sitting at the office properly on an aligned pelvis. Before discussing how to improve sitting at the office, let’s first begin by talking about what we are sitting on. Your pelvis consists of several bones. You have your two large hip bones, or your ilium bones. The lower part of the iliums are your ischiums which are your sitting bones. The sacrum is an important bone, considered by past cultures as a “sacred” bone, hence the name. It is found where the base of your spine or vertebra meet the pelvis. Let’s not forget the coccyx, the tailbone. This is the affected anatomy of the pelvis, at least the bones anyway. Now let’s talk how we are putting our pelvis to use [...]
GERD – Diet – Good Posture
I notice there are quite a few views of my you tube video, “GERD is reduced simply by acquiring good posture and eating an apple before bed.” GERD of course is Gastroesophageal reflux disease. I won’t go deep into its symptoms or what it means. I’ll only say that it is usually a constant upset stomach and it can be very uncomfortable. There are many “so called” cures for Gastroesophageal reflux disease and I’ve tried quite a number of them. The only one that I found to be effective is gaining good posture and eating an apple before bed. I discovered this after years of trying other methods. One method that I thought had good possibilities to alleviate GERD was apple cider vinegar in pill [...]
Slim the Hips Posture Trick – Stretch the Psoas Muscle – video
Slim the hips with this posture “trick.” Stretching the Psoas muscles will help us become more graceful and have more poise and help you to slim the hips. Lengthen the whole body to slim the hips. Stretching the Psoas will help to slim the hips and help us look thinner. Lengthening the spine, align the neck and free the neck, balance the head atop the spine will help to slim the hips. Push the pelvis away from the lower back help the skin and muscles to rise up from the pelvis area and slim the hips. Stretch the psoas muscle will help us maintain good posture and slim the hips. Related Posts:Better Posture by Widening Shoulders and Your BackPosture While [...]
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