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D-Stresstm Technique: Proper Seated Alignment

an excerpt from
"BodyKnowledge tm Basics: A Body Owner's Manual"*
by Denise Cavassa, CMA ©1989
Here's a BodyKnowledge tm "Secret of the Body Universe" technique that is invaluable to everyone.
Adjust Your Pelvis for PROPER SEATED ALIGNMENT, which allows free and full range of motion for your muscles, bones and joints. Always be gentle with your body and breathe naturally.
  • Begin with your feet resting flat on the floor, legs hip-width apart. Your body makes 90-degree angles at your hip joints (pelvis to thighs) and at your knee joints (thighs to shins).

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When sitting, Adjust your pelvis by placing your hands on the arms of your chair or on the seat by your hips. (Figure 1)

BodyKnowledge-tm Techniques: Proper Seated Alignment 1

Figure 1

2.

Lift your "butt" up and reach your tailbone back so that your torso FOLDS forward at your hip joints (45–degree angles -- pelvis to thighs) and sit on or a little forward of your sitbones. (Figure 2)

Figure 2

3.

UNFOLD at your hip joints to sit comfortably and properly aligned (90-degree angles at hip and knee joints as in 1) above). Notice that there is no strain or pressure in your spine. (Figure 1)

  • Think of the top of your thigh bones as round balls fitting into the sockets of your hip joints, which FOLD forward over your thighs as you rise up and UNFOLD back to Center Position after you sit down.

  • Keep your feet flat on the floor and legs aligned hip-width apart with your knees aligned over your ankles.

  • Your spine is relaxed and straight (no curves in your neck or lower back).

This is a quick, easy movement that is very beneficial in preventing neck and back pain, fatigue and various other discomforts. By Adjusting your pelvis, you automatically align your spine and torso, and allow free and full range of motion for your head and limbs.

Repeat this technique a few times until you feel comfortable with it. Then, Adjust your pelvis as needed. At first, you may find yourself adjusting quite often as your hamstrings and lower back muscles get used to stretching with gravity to maintain your body's proper alignment.

Now, that was very easy and felt really good! 

*  "BodyKnowledge tm  Basics: A Body Owner's Manual" is a work in progress.

 
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