Posture

As children, we're usually advised to stand up straight, pull our shoulders back, and avoid slouching. Initially, I saw this as a customary societal practice, much like placing our knife and fork together after a meal. However, now that I've entered adulthood, I've come to realize that being mindful of my body and its posture is just as crucial as any other aspect of maintaining or improving my health.

The concept of posture, derived from the root word "penere," meaning to hold, signifies how we carry our bodies from head to toe. This awareness of posture and its impact on our well-being has been understood for centuries. From an evolutionary perspective, our bodies are naturally designed for graceful movement as we navigate the world. However, over the past century, with the advent of inventions like cars, televisions, computers, desk jobs, and more recently, the internet, we often find ourselves engaged in repetitive tasks that involve prolonged periods of being in one position. In the process, we tend to become so absorbed in our activities that we overlook the subtle signals our bodies are sending us.