Tip #1. Don't slump, and don't sit up straight. Sitting up straight doesn't work. You know cause you've tried it. Forget all that "stomach in, chest out" "tuck your chin in" junk. It might work—for a second. It adds unnecessary tension, and it’s unsustainable. • Let your head and body move up, while [...]
Ease up. Let go of any tension in your neck muscles. Your head will slightly rotate forward, and the crown of your head goes up. Feel your sit bones go down into the chair at the same time. 2. Living in a slump. To come out of a slump, release your neck again. [...]
I have a stiff neck. We say we have a stiff or sore neck, as if someone gave it to us and now it’s ours. In Alexander Technique terms it might be more accurate to say “I’m stiffening my neck.” Of course if you say it that way you sound insane...
Sitting can be a painful position for someone with low back pain because of the added spinal pressure, and compression. We tend to slump; putting ourselves in a ‘C curve’. Sometimes, in order not to slump, we sit up rigidly straight with what we think of as ‘good posture.’...
