Freeze! Don’t move and notice your posture. Chances are–if you’re reading this on a computer, tablet or smart phone–your head and shoulders are hunched forward and your spine is rounded. Your neck, jaw and dominant arm may also be tense. This common habit, known as “forward head posture,” can lead to a wide array of ailments–from headaches, neck and back pain, to problems with respiration, circulation and digestion. Even dedicated yoga practitioners, who have wonderful alignment on the … [Read more...] about Is Your Head on Straight?
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The Psoas: Is it the most important postural muscle?
[Editor's note: This is a guest post by Nadine Fawell who blogs at Yoga with Nadine. Check it out!] Well, I think it is anyway. There are many, many reasons I think this: I could practically write a BOOK about the psoas. But here’s something to think about. When we went from walking on four legs to walking on two, we had to find a way to hold our upper bodies, well, up. In four-legged creatures, the spine is happily suspended between front and back ends. In our case, it pokes up into … [Read more...] about The Psoas: Is it the most important postural muscle?
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