08/04/2020
How you stand is how you walk, is how you run, is how you move.
So lets take this time to tune in…
How are you holding yourself? Where is the weight in your feet- ball of foot, heel or centred? Where is your pelvis sitting in relation to your feet- forward, behind or centred over the ankle? Try to tilt your pelvis all the way forward and all the way backward (without moving the torso) and then come to rest where it feels natural to you? Is that somewhere in the middle between the two end points or closer to one end?
What happens when you take a deeper breath in those different pelvic positions? Are some positions harder to breathe in?
Move up to your upper torso- move your ribcage between the two extremes of lifted all the way up (like your lifting your chest high) and then all the way down. Try to take a deeper breath in those different positions and notice what differs?
Can you find an optimal position for you; weight on your feet, pelvic position and ribcage position that allows a full and even, effortless breath, a breath that expands your ribcage in all four directions (front, back and sides)
Play around with the extremes of pelvic, ribcage and weight shift positions and in different combinations and see how it effects your breathing.
Play to find your ‘neutral zone’. Now stand in this, breathing openly.
Is this where your body normally hangs out or does it feel different?
Start to tune in everyday to how you are holding yourself and adjust as needed. Habits take time to change and require awareness and constant adjustment to slowly shift into a new position.
Never has it been perhaps more pertinent in our lives as now.
So, take your time, in these moments, slowly shift, to a new position.
