If you only do one band exercise, make it this one! It takes less than two minutes and is great for helping you find a good head position and strengthening the muscles of your back and neck. Remember to take it easy – you don’t want to strain your neck. It is a LIGHT press […]
Posture
Neck and shoulder mobilisation – not just for Jo!
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 […]
Balance Exploration
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 […]
Where is your chin?
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 […]
Giving your spine a break when sitting
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 […]
Sitting – the new smoking?
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 […]