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Neck and shoulder mobilisation – not just for Jo!

18th May 2020

Many people suffer from a tight neck and shoulder area, as we can hold a lot of tension here. The lovely Jo from my dynamic mat class asked for some ideas for a shoulder warm-up she could do before the class, so I made this video. This little routine would be suitable as a warm-up […]

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Balance Exploration

10th April 2020

Maintaining our ability to balance is incredibly important, as balancing on one leg is an integral part of walking. Like so many other things in our bodies, our ability to balance diminishes with age. However it falls into the ‘use it or lose it’ rather than the ‘once it’s gone, it’s gone’ camp, so it […]

  • Posture
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Where is your chin?

25th February 2014

Do you sit/stand like this? Look at how my chin has poked out as my head thrusts forwards, my back is rounded, my ribs collapsed and my belly poofed out. Attractive, isn’t it? But holding your head and neck in poor alignment isn’t only bad for your vanity. The forward head posture has a whole […]

  • Posture
  • Sitting
  • Spine

Giving your spine a break when sitting

1st December 2013

In my last post, Sitting – the New Smoking?, I talked about how to sit well. As I pointed out, the very best thing is to change position as often as you can. Our bodies are not designed to be stationary they way modern life leads us to be. Standing up, moving around, changing your […]

  • Posture
  • Sitting

Sitting – the new smoking?

17th November 2013

Sitting: the new smoking? Sitting in a chair – especially the way most of us sit in a chair or on the sofa – is really not very good for the body. Most of us roll back off our sitting bones and collapse through our spines, poking our heads forwards towards our computer or tv […]

  • Posture

How to stand with good posture

26th August 2013

We have lost the ability, as a culture, to stand well. Esther Gokhale, in her interesting book ‘8 Steps to a Pain-free Back’ posits that this is due to a loss of kinaesthetic cultural tradition and to the influence of the fashion industry at the turn of the 20th century. Whatever the reason, most of […]

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