This post was written by Moriah Diederich, formerly of the Communications Department. Moriah is now a Yoga Therapist with her own practice, Yoga Mojo.
Posture is the foundation to good health.
This sounds like a bold statement, but without proper alignment it is impossible for one to move through life without accumulating aches and pains relating to poor posture.
Chronic Pain
Stress, repetitive movement patterns and habits lead us to hold ourselves in a variety of imbalanced positions. These imbalances, also known as compensations, cause us to develop aches and pains that over time can become constant. Eventually this chronic pain can cause us to take medication, and possibly even have surgery to try and eliminate the pain.
Thankfully, we can learn to re-align ourselves and become more mindful of posture. This mindfulness can show us why we feel certain pains and possibly even eliminate them.
So let’s begin with good posture…
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