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Point your spine when leaning back in a chair.

Point Your Spine when Leaning Back in a Chair

Your torso can act as a bridge from the seat to the backrest.

 

Lots of people ask about reclining or leaning back in a chair.  I think it helps to know the difference between your waist and your hip joints, and to continue to point your spine.

Collapsing in a chair may seem comfortable, but it restricts breathing and causes stiffness.  Proper sitting, even reclining as shown, is a lively activity that is part of the continuum of how we move and do things.  More liveliness means less stiffness. There is a video of this tip here.

More on sitting in a chair:

Bending Forward Is the Same

Video: How to Lean Back in a Chair

Video: Think of the Chair as Your Legs

Your Waist Is Not a Joint

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