One Quick Solution to Back Pain
You would think, wouldn’t you, that something as simple as leaning against a wall couldn’t be screwed up? But once again, a few photos tell the story. The last time Mike and I were in Portugal, in 2014, I saw these two gentlemen at a local cafe. I was thrilled. When I was in Portugal […]
No Posture Regrets
A student sent this image, part of a thread she saw on social media. She wondered if one of this gentleman’s regrets might be not taking better care of his posture. My guess is that he very likely doesn’t regret not improving his posture, because he doesn’t know he could have changed it. He might […]
“I Can See Better!”
One of the last people I taught before I moved to San Francisco in July was a woman in her mid- fifties. I taught her a total of five private classes. Sometime during those classes, she mentioned that she had glaucoma. All I know about glaucoma is that it’s serious, that it’s caused by increased […]
A Different Kind of Pain
This is another kind of story about pain. It didn’t hurt me physically but mentally it sent me over the moon. As you recall last week I recounted the time I fell in Paris and shattered my left humerus. When I finally returned to the USA and got to the surgeon, surgery was scheduled for […]
Save Your Organs
Save Your Organs If you’re like me, the photo above makes you wince because you know exactly how sore her neck, back and shoulders are going to be. Who hasn’t found themselves collapsed over some electronic device, or while working on an art project, or watching TV, and then felt the effects? Take a second […]
Oh No — More Awareness
In my last blog, (link ) I described how I became aware of a new discomfort in my inner left thigh while getting into my car, and how that discomfort motivated me to wake up and pay attention. I can report that paying attention worked. First, I decided to slow down in general, so I wasn’t […]
My Trip to Being Aware
In the last two months, I spent a lot of time in San Francisco, repeatedly parking on a street that looks something like this: I began to notice that when I got in the car I felt an irritation on the inside of my left leg close to my pelvis. But I had other, more […]
Learn to See and Imitate Safe Bending
Here are two men doing similar tasks while power cleaning an artificial pond. They both bend forward to work. But that’s where the similarity ends. One of these men is practicing safe bending, and the other isn’t. One of them will tire sooner than the other, and he’s much more likely to feel back […]
Hit Your Stride
Okay, here’s an education for you. Take a guess, which of the women in the image above has better posture? If you live in an industrial culture, like the US, my bet is that you would vote for the woman on the right. After all, she’s looking forward and her head is well back over […]
Centering Is Essential for Fitness
The photo below of me was taken in Pune, India, when I was studying yoga with renowned master BKS Iyengar in 1979. At that time, while I knew I wanted to improve my posture, I had no idea that my pelvis was forward and that I had unconsciously acquired “modern posture.” I knew my upper […]