Want to manage your stress and have fun too? SHAKE YOUR BOOTY!
Well………so to speak!
Our technology-based culture has made many things easier and faster, but it’s taken a toll on the human body. You may spend you day hunched over a computer, sitting in traffic behind a steering wheel, or crammed into “space” that seems to get smaller and smaller (such as city streets, the market, theatres, etc).
As a direct result of this cramping of the human body people are loosing the ability to use their bodily core – the combination of shoulders, hip and torso – in a powerful and efficient manner. Though we are sitting on our gluteus maximus for longer hours, we are not using the muscles as nature intended-propelling the hips forward regularly.
That’s because we sit on the glutes and that causes the muscles opposite to them (hip flexors) to become short and stiff.
All this sitting, rolling of the shoulders forward, and relaxing of the abdominal muscles are playing havoc with our flexibility, our strength and endurance, and YES, our stress level!
You live in your body and when it’s not being used correctly, even your intellect suffers. So let’s do a tiny bit, right now, to activate your body and begin to feel better (and definitely less stressed out!)
First take a deep breath in through the nose quite slowly. Hold a second or two. Exhale through the mouth, from the bottom of the abdominal area and out. Do this several times.
Take a moment and squeeze your left butt cheek. Let it relax. Now squeeze your right cheek. Let it relax. Congrats! That is how to activate your glutes. You can do this throughout the day. It’s a secret way to work those muscles
If you learn to activate and fire your glutes, constantly, you will be on your way to mobility, and body stability.
Take a few more breaths and consciously hold your abs in, straighten and drop your shoulders. Now roll the shoulders in circles going towards your back (ten times). Reverse.
Stand up and clasp your hands and stretch to the sky. “Shake” hands as you bring them down. Stretch any way it feels good, and walk around somewhere for a minute or two-down the hall and back? Whatever you can squeeze in at the moment.
You will help your body to function optimally, and begin to manage your stress by activating your circulation and helping your body to relax. You are in charge of you!
Create a wonderful day!