Monday, February 10, 2014

Shalayna G. Body Mapping

I never took a serious amount of time to be aware of my posture and body. I’ve felt myself slouch and try to “fix it” by simply putting my shoulders up back and down. After reading this chapter I am more aware of the importance of my body and how everything works together. When I used to think about posture, I fell victim to the, “imagine there is a flat piece of wood behind you”. Today I just tried to relax. After reading how heavy our heads are (9-13 lbs.), I noticed that I have hard time keeping my A-O joint balanced. During the 50 minutes, I would often fidget with head, constantly moving it from side to side. I noticed how I would sometimes put my head too far back, especially when I was singing, or too far forward.


While I was singing today, I saw and felt how my knees were locking. I did have to remind myself to be buoyant and springy-like when focusing on my knees. Moving down to my ankle and foot, I felt how I put more weight on the heel of my foot rather than a balance between my three arches. Today my arm structure was good. There was no stiffness in my arms basically because I felt secure in my thorax and lumbar spine area. Actually my thorax was the most comfortable/natural feeling today. I didn't feel anything out of the ordinary with my hip joint but I did take sometime locating (feeling) the difference between my Greater Trochanter and my hip joint. 

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