Sept 2006

Well, this is my first blog. It seems appropriate to talk about WHY I’m writing here.
Postural Patterning is a way of life for me. It means my body is improving every year rather than getting worse. It’s a constant journey of discovery.

It keeps me aware and in touch with my body through the day.

That doesn’t mean I think about my body and what it’s doing all day long, but I can sense when it’s going well and when it’s not – and change to a better way of supporting it, or a better position or tune a movement.
I’ve been watching other people for years now. I don’t tend to notice their clothes or whether they’ve had their hair done but I do notice their posture.

Sometimes, and it’s a great pleasure, I see someone gliding along, walking or running or even just standing well.

On some level I think we all notice these things. We all like to watch people dance and run and we can tell lots about people from the way they move. It’s easy to pick out ballerinas or rugby players or people with injuries but most people don’t know how theirown body moves or how it looks.

When I sit down to have a coffee I always pick a chair where I can see the people in the café and watch the passers by. The variations are endless. Not just the different types of bodies but what people do with them. They’re all sitting drinking coffee or walking by so you’d think that they’d pretty much all look like they’re doing the same thing, but they don’t!
We all have the same body parts, and gravity is constant – so why aren’t we all the same? That’s the thing with posture, there’s no one right way for everyone. We all need to work out our own, individual way of defying gravity.

That’s what Postural Patterning is for.

To work out how you’re using your body, the problems and limitations that poor posture may be causing and how to achieve good posture.

That’s what I want to write about here. What I see, what it means and how to change it. I’d like to answer questions if possible and hear about things that people notice or feel or see other people doing.

 

Talk soon,

Nik