If there’s one thing that everyone from bestselling authors to renowned philosophers agree on, it’s the power of habits – itself the title of a bestselling book. From Aristotle (“we are what we repeatedly do”) to Henry James, (“Sow an action, and you reap a habit; sow a habit and you reap a character; sow …
Many years ago, my husband Alan, our friend Jerome and I took a trip to our property on a northern gulf Island. We planned to stay in another friend’s cabin, while Jerome and Alan put Jerome’s cabin up on jacks and replaced the rotting foundations. We arrived, let ourselves in, and went out on the …
Most of the time, we are not aware of how we sit. Sometimes we follow a cue in a yoga class, such as, “sit on the ball points of the sitting bones,” or “sit with the pubic bone parallel to the wall in front of you.” In the case of both those cues, you will end up …
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Well, I finally did it. I completed my online Spinefulness Foundations course – not that I won’t be making improvements – and it’s up and available to buy. The video above is two-minutes of encouragement to check it out. Like almost everything in COVID times, creating this course seemed to take forever. On the …
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A few weeks ago, I showed this picture of two men on a ferry in Mumbai to a friend who is new to Spinefulness. I pointed out the deep hip creases of the man on the right, how they show that his pelvis is in a good position. His buttocks are back. That lets …
Lately, in the midst of a practice that consists mostly of standing and moving my floating ribs back, Warrior III has been suggesting itself as the next logical shape to explore – a suggestion that on the surface makes no sense at all. Warrior III is a demanding balance. Even in preparation for certification …
At first glance I thought this chair was a joke. But no, the Surf Chair won the Best Product award for Leif Sorenson and Kenneth Lylover at the 2000 Scandinavian Furniture Fair, in the computing category. I couldn’t find any evidence that it was produced commercially, but a quick look at gaming chairs shows that …
Read more Annals of catastrophic posture: modern chairs edition
It’s a cornerstone of Cognitive Behavior Therapy that what you think determines how you feel, how you feel determines what you do, and what you do – no surprises here – determines your results. Your results then re-inforce your thoughts, and around it goes again. What does this have to do with posture in general, …
Read more Three myths about posture that you can’t afford to believe
If, 20 years from now, I’m asked: “what did you do in the pandemic?” like many of us, I will be honor-bound to answer: I made sourdough bread. And, again, like many of us, I turned inward. Literally. For the past nine weeks, I’ve been studying my diaphragm. Yes, I already knew the broad outlines: …
Read more You’ve met your sourdough starter . . . now meet your diaphragm
At the beginning of every Eight Weeks to a Longer Spine class, we sit in a circle and check in. I want to know how the past week went, what worked and what didn’t. The responses usually include at least one tally of days without pain, an insight or two, some new aches, and accounts …