My Safe Health

breathing

Ribs nor your lungs can draw in a single breath without help. Your basic chest-box is brought to life by the performance of MUSCLES sandwiched between your ribs in partnership with the wide, powerful DIAPHRAGM that stretches like an elastic floor across the bottom of your ribcage.

The human body is simply not designed to sit on a chair. Sitting still for long periods threatens your circulation, your digestion, your concentration and your respiration.

keep your weight evenly distributed along the backs of your thighs from your bottom to the backs of your knees. Keep equal weight on your right and left sit bones (those bony points that hurt when you sit a long time on a hard bench). Never allow your tailbone to touch down on the chair seat. Balance your head directly above your tailbone. “Float” the top of your head lightly toward the sky. Whenever possible, let your elbows stay in line with the side seams of your shirt.

Refuse to shrink as you age. Stretch. Bend. Research your hormones and your nutrition. Your body remains totally deaf to all your best intentions regardless of how frequently, loudly and elegantly you state them.