Bad Posture? Steady Application to a Principle is the Solution

“Press down to the outside of your right heel, while keeping the ball of the big toes engaged with the earth.”

Doing so, I feel my entire posture shift more upright. But I feel uneven- my body is not familiar with standing evenly. The moment I take my attention away, I habitually move back to distributing my weight as before.

All day long, standing, walking, even sitting, I bring my attention back to my right heel, pressing into it, lifting my arch, alleviating the pronation, creating more strength and space in my body.

I am practicing because I have had years of pain in my right sacrum and the right side of my spine. I am practicing this because my tendency is to exhale and not inhale again from the instinct of guarding my body from this pain. I am practicing this so that my front rib cage will open, relieving the slump of my shoulders. I am practicing this to care for my body, my emotions and my spirit.

“1.32 To prevent or deal with these obstacles and their consequences, the recommendation is to make the mind one-pointed, training it how to focus on a single principle or object.”