Perfect Posture

Pilates Series

Everyday life has a big impact on our posture. One of the simplest daily self-care habits you can develop is an awareness of your posture doing different tasks throughout the day.

When you are standing waiting in a queue.
When you are working.
When you on using your phone.
When you are at rest.

Start at the bottom, at your feet and work your way up.

  • are both feet on the floor, is your weight equal to both sides or are you lopsided?
  • what are your knees doing? Naughty knees or in alignment with feet and hips
  • how’s your lower back in this alignment? Feeling relaxed or tight?
  • is your posture open around your chest? Often a challenge when using tech, reset often and open out. Are you leaning to one side?
  • how is your head and neck? Are you leaning and poking out your chin to read your screen or is your head well balanced on top of your body?

It takes less than 30 seconds to scan up your body and correct your posture. The more you do it the more it improves.

Pilates classes are great for working on your posture, but you will find many other fitness classes will help too.

Posture is the foundation of:
+ good exercise movement patterns -good form
+ deep breathing
+ grounding your energy
+ uplifting mood – when you look down you feel down

Samantha Valand is a Pilates teacher, Yoga Instructor and Personal Trainer turned online Coach. Who helps over fifties women fall in love with exercising again after the menopause. You can find some inspiration over on the blog.  Over on my YouTube channel, you can find my Intuitive Exercise Energy Readings. A tool I created to help build intuition and the mind-body connection when you start to exercise again after the menopause. Sign up for my free monthly newsletter to help you live healthy ever after