Maintaining posture is one of the most important skills to develop for yourself.
So many people work hard at their fitness and then let themselves down with the way they walk, sit and stand – or shuffle, slump and slouch.
As a bodyworker with the Feldenkrais Method one of the most challenging aspects to deal with is to teach clients to become aware of how they move and hold themselves. That is, to try and help them in maintaining posture.
If they don’t they will re-create bad posture all over again. It is the whole function – structure relationship.
How you move determines your posture as well as your posture allows your range of movement. That’s why maintaining posture is so important.
There are modalities more aligned to correcting the structural aspects of posture but not the movement patterns. This is why so many people have to keep seeing their practitioners for the same presenting reasons.
A purely functional correction on the other hand can sometimes take too long to help with more accute situations.
A balance is best.
How to do this?
Well, I was very excited to find the Posture Coach for my iPhone. It is a brilliant application that lets the user know when they have strayed too far from the vertical – i.e. slumped. It is effective for both moving – walking – as well as standing and sitting.
What a clever invention. I now mention it to all my clients – the lucky ones who have an iPhone anyway.
You can find it here:
Disclaimer: I have no affiliation with this Application and receive absolutely no commission. Enjoy.
