The Right Posture

Across years, we've seen it online, read about it, been told by doctors that sitting with a slouch is not good for us. 
We have been told that rolling the neck forward is not great, that lifting with the lower back is a sure way of ruining our lives.

What if I tell you that it is not exactly true. 

Posture is not so simple as to be defined and categorized as right or wrong. 

When you sit slouched all day, you put pressure on certain parts of your spine which is not great, same goes for your glutes and hamstrings when you sit all day, or when your neck if pushed forward.

All of these are bad postures.

But so is sitting straight all day, or standing up all day, or having the neck pushed back all day.

The thing is that our bodies are not designed to be stationary for long hours. 
Muscles that are not moving become stiff.

When was the last time your arm or your back was stiff because you moved it too much? 
It is usually when you wake up from a nap, or from watching the TV on your couch that you find yourself stretching out stiff muscles.

So here is what good posture is. 
Good posture is variety. Good posture is movement, Good posture is being mobile and exploring all sorts of range of motions.

So next time someone tries to correct your posture, know that all you need to do is keep changing it time to time. That's the secret.