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Posture in Motion
Body Awareness, Core Support, Fascia, Pelvis / Hips, Posture Improvement, Stress, Walking, yoga Mary Bond Body Awareness, Core Support, Fascia, Pelvis / Hips, Posture Improvement, Stress, Walking, yoga Mary Bond

Posture in Motion

I practice yoga to keep my fascia silky enough and my joints adaptable enough that my coordination can stay smooth even as the aging process diminishes my stamina. Yet, here I was, post yoga class, walking in this awkward way. I teach movement, for heaven’s sake. How had I slid into this familial pattern?

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Morning Posture; Morning Attitude
Body Awareness, Breathing, Fascia, Feet, Perception, Posture, Presence, Spatial Perception Mary Bond Body Awareness, Breathing, Fascia, Feet, Perception, Posture, Presence, Spatial Perception Mary Bond

Morning Posture; Morning Attitude

I also know that moving stiffly--ambulating with the bare minimum of joints engaged--becomes a habit that can’t entirely be blamed on my bodily tissues. Habits take place in the brain. The more often I move stiffly, the more familiar and less optional that way of moving becomes. I can choose how I move.

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Posture and The Gift of Pain
Body Awareness, Body Map, Muscle Tension, Posture Improvement, Sitting posture, Stress, Presence Mary Bond Body Awareness, Body Map, Muscle Tension, Posture Improvement, Sitting posture, Stress, Presence Mary Bond

Posture and The Gift of Pain

This week I read an article about a young woman who does not experience pain.  The article contains messages of human generosity and connection woven through the story of a genetic anomaly.  It got me thinking about pain as a gift, as something to be thankful for in this season of giving thanks.  Pain can signal danger and the need for protection—we can’t ignore that kind of pain.  But I’m thinking more about the mundane, ignorable pain of getting up from the computer after sitting there too long, or of having to roll too gingerly out of bed in the morning…

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