Balance - Seated

• In the Classroom - Lesson 11
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Lesson:    

Everything you learned, talked about, taught, about posture still holds true for seated posture. But there are a couple more things to be aware of, posture-wise, in sitting posture. 
 

• Plus, many of us spend most of our time these days in seated posture. So the problems of bad seated posture really add up quickly.
   

• The skeleton is the support structure of the human body. The spine is, literally, the back bone of proper posture and health. Honor the spine. Proper spine alignment is critical for back strength and abdominal strength. You can tell, and predict, a lot about someone by their posture. People with poor posture look older and actually age a lot faster than people with good posture. As a teen, this may not interest you if you really want to look older than you are. As a teen with good posture, ironically, you will look a lot older and wiser and powerful. And sexier :) 
   

  • As the teacher you might want to embarrass a couple of confident kids by coming up and demonstrating to the class the difference between good posture and bad.  Or you can have the whole class pair off and rate each other.
     

• Sitting posture, as we sit most of the time, can really have an effect on even our standing posture.
   

• Draw or show a picture of the spine. The spine has curves. When we sit with poor posture, when we slouch, we loose those curves and our spine cannot function properly. WIht prolonged poor posture, illness can result, the neck will stick out and the belly sticks out as the abdominal muscles weaken. The shoulders have to compensate and grow tired of doing more than their fair share in keeping the body upright.
   

• Good posture takes effort, but it is energy and health-building effort.