Try moving – Posture
Where? Anywhere. How? Differently to how you’ve been moving. For how long? Enough to notice a difference and for as long as you want.
This week’s challenge – Tall Posture. A week of walking with your head held high shoulders open and overall, you’re generally relaxed
Getting to the posture.
It’s a bit tricky to describe how to get to a posture in writing, I do this by using straight-forward instructions as well as guided imagery of what you should feel the body doing:
The Head: Imagine your head floating over your body, rising by a pleasant breeze. Note, it’s not about your chin pointing to the sky, rather the top of your head elevated as your chin is parallel to the ground.
The Shoulders: Need to be relaxed, far from your ears, your shoulder-blades slightly tucked in, pushing your chest forward. Get there by contrasting the movement by initially bringing your shoulders up as near to your ears as you can, then suddenly drop them – repeat this a couple of times. Now pushing them to place by rolling your shoulders back, being aware of your shoulder-blades tucking in slightly and noticing your chest opening up slightly. Note, it’s not about pushing your shoulders down uncomfortably, rather getting to the point where they naturally and comfortably drop.
Your Chest: Finally, take a couple of deep breaths to fill up your lungs, and release, let your chest open even more, relaxing in this position. Note, it’s not about arching your upper back, rather lifting your heart to the top of your rib cage.
THERE. That’s your posture for this week.
As you go through the week with your posture like this, notice:
Physically:
1. How do you feel in your body in general?
2. How does your neck feel?
3. How do your shoulders feel?
4. What other parts of your body are affected?
5. How is your breathing different?
Cognitively
6. What do you notice about new things your notice?
7. What do you see that you didn’t notice before, specifically referring to your periphery vision?
8. How are you defining situations you’re in, specifically what gets the weight of your attention?
9. What makes details important or insignificant in each situation?
Socially
10. How are you feeling in social interactions?
11. How are people responding to you?
12. Who are you choosing to interact with and what are your considerations for choosing them?
13. How do you see your role in your social circles that you interact with throughout this week?
Try Moving with trimoving – experience new ways of being and choose how you want to be. Keep note of the good things you would want to keep, and include them now and always in your daily life. What does it mean with regards to permanent changes to your everyday posture?
Simple steps to becoming the ME you want to BE.
* The Content is not intended to be a substitute for professional medical advice, diagnosis, or treatment. Always seek the advice of your physician or other qualified health provider with any questions you may have regarding a medical condition.