Do you notice the difference between the seated postures in the picture above (from Lifestyle Medical Center, in this article: How Proper Posture Can Improve Your Health, Career, and Social Life)? To be honest, I’ve been the one on the left (or worse) for much of my life. I see pictures of me playing piano when I was about 13, and I cringe.

Why care about posture? I have personally experienced that proper posture reduces or eliminates pain, which is a biggie. Improved breathing and body function follows. It can also improve your confidence as you move through the world.

Practicing yoga poses has helped me identify where my alignment is off, and how it affects my body. It also helps release the tension and pain caused by those slouching habits.

It’s one thing to practice good alignment in Mountain, Downward Dog, and other poses for the length of a yoga class; it’s quite another to bring that into the remaining hours of the day once you leave class.

Real change happens when you take what you learn off the mat (or chair) and into real life. Change can be hard, especially when you’re dealing with a deacdes-long habit!

I’m currently studying Foundation Training, which is a system of specialized breathing, anchoring, and corrective body-weight exercises designed to correct imbalances that come from our daily habits. I’ll be incorporating some of this work into my yoga classes, with the intention of giving you some tools to make those lasting changes with me. You’ll hear me use the cue “Chest Up, Chin Back” often!

If you want to practice yoga with me, I provide many options, including group classes or 1-on-1 sessions via Zoom or in-person, and video recordings.

Be Well,

Eva