Hi Joey,

Often, it's the simplest concepts that are most effective. The key is to keep them top of mind and APPLY them consistently, so that they occur automatically. This is my hope for you with the with the one in the article below.

As one whose deepest way of learning is through experience, I've been exploring a tool to help my body that's made a profound difference in my health, posture, and movement. Since it's worked so well for me, this is a main concept I've been using with my Postural Therapy clients. I'm finding it to be a game changer in promoting health, both physically and emotionally.

SIMPLY BREATHE!

Whether it's laying in the Static Back Position (as guided in the article below), or in rotational stretches in which we're opening up the space in the muscles in the rib cage, obliques, and hips, focusing on allowing for stomach to rise and rib cage to expand on the inhale, and then gently relax (recoil) on the exhale makes each exercise and stretch highly more effective.

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Why does this work?

The diaphragm is part of the deep Postural line of muscles and fascia (connective tissue) that my teacher, Dr. Andrew Buser coined the "Anti-Gravity Kinetic Chain". These are the muscles that we want the brain to tell the body to recruit first to create a stable foundation for the bigger mover muscles - the ones that look good in the gym or get us from point A to B. When the body recruits the larger muscles before the postural stabilizing ones first (not necessarily your abs), the bones can get pulled out of position which can create rubbing in your joints and compression in your spinal discs.

Breathing fully and naturally helps guide the brain/body connection to engage the Anti-Gravity Kinetic chain primarily to create the scaffold for everything else to work around, providing stability for your body. When this happens, the spaces between our joints and discs open rather than compress (the effect of most formal exercises and movements). In creating more space between the bones, we can now begin to use the 'right' muscles to pull the bones back into their optimal position, thus, addressing the postural cause of one's pain, injuries, and movement restrictions.

The Postural Therapy Sequences I give my clients keeps shifting from many exercises to fewer. We explore in-depth which exercises are the most profound in creating the new postural patterns and focus on optimal breathing with each one.

In many contexts, I'm continually experiencing that "less is more". When it comes to promoting better health, doing less exercises while focusing on full, deep breathing is helping to create more efficacy for better posture and movement, pain mitigation, and simply feeling good.

Give it a try:

Breathe deeply, slow breaths while you're performing a stretch you normally do or while laying in the Static Back Position for 5-10 minutes and see if it makes a difference. I'll be excited to hear your feedback!

Incredible the positive impact of what you do - breathe more deeply and easily, lighten step, open up tension, realign. Great work, Joey! - Thoughtful feedback from a recent class attendee.

We're begging a New Class Eight-Week Class Series with the Scarsdale Adult School beginning this Wednesday, June 7th from 10-11 am EST. My goal is for you to gain tools and insights - simply using your own body - for feel, move, and function as good as possible.

Many program attendees rejoin in each class series; something I most value. I'd love for you to benefit with having these tools for your long-term health as well.

Information and registration about the class is in the link below.

You're most welcome to reach out with any questions.

Best.

Joey Zimet, EdM, MS

Postural Therapist

(917) 589-5446

joey.zimet@gmail.com

www.meridianphysio.com/our-team

To Learn More About How Postural Therapy May Benefit You:

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