Do you sit at a desk or work on a computer all day? Are you looking down at your phone right now to read this? Are you neck, shoulders, or back killing you? Are you feeling and seeing the effects of aging in your body, ie. hunched shoulders or osteoporosis? Our posture affects everything: our mood; blood pressure; energy level; spine, jaw + headache pain; lung capacity; hormone production; nervous system function; even our digestive system. Try out these 6 easy steps–in your yoga practice or any time–and see if they help you improve your posture.
1) Align feet more or less parallel, knees tracking in the same direction as the toes
2) Tone legs and gently lift knee caps
3) Lengthen tailbone down
4) Side ribs long, abs toned and lifted/zipped
5) Lift heart while keeping abs toned, pull shoulder blades gently toward one another (not ‘military’ style)
6) Head floats up from back of ears, throat soft
For more helpful posture tips, enroll in my next ‘7 Weeks to Better Posture’ online yoga course where you will stretch what’s tight, strengthen what’s weak, re-align your spine and see tangible improvements in your posture–in just 7 weeks. Next course begins in September. Subscribe to my newsletter to get the details!
If you liked this blog post, you might also like my blog posts, Yoga for Osteoporosis Prevention and Do You Have Text Neck?
