Question about Whole Woman Posture

Second nature? Well, in my case, at least a year. At around that time, not only did I realize that it WAS in fact finally becoming second nature, but, I began to feel much more stable, sort of like my hips had finally found where they wanted to be. It was quite an epiphany after a life of bad posture. So keep it up, results are uneven at times and it is easy to get discouraged. I have kind of a normal chair at work, and I sit on the edge of it so that I can stay in posture. Experiment!

Have been practicing posture for just over a week and find it's helping a great deal. When sitting, I find placing a pillow right under the vaginal area, to raise the area, helps to maintain the posture more easily and assists in keeping the spine as it should be. 2 months ago had a vaginal ultrasound, and then the problems began! Maybe allergy to the latex or the camera itself, but VERY sore, and everything felt as though it had 'dropped'. A week ago, internal application of Oestrogen cream for 7 days, and homeopathic pilules - Sepia 6C/4x/day. With these two treatments, and the posture, all feels normal again, which is a huge relief. I know the issue is still there, but no protrusion, pain, burning or discomfort now. Have discontinued Oestrogen, for the time being, as experiencing irregular heart beat - a disconcerting side effect! Am thrilled with the results, so far!

Welcome Lu - Yes, one can start to feel the results in a short time. What takes time is for the posture to become "second nature". I'm sure that varies greatly from person to person. Glad you are having such great results.

This is my second week after receiving the DVD and baton. I had ordered the book three weeks ago and decided I needed to watch Christine in action to avoid learning it wrong and having to redo it all. I discovered that I sit cross legged with ease because we do that on a pilates reformer a lot. Finally something which wasn't an obtuse angle! I also sit back on my heels easily. Come to think of it, going to my ex's temple aided both WW sitting postures. When I am walking along now, all of a sudden, I'll get these little "parent messages" as they called them in TA classes at work. I'll hear: Stop sucking in that belly! Or: don't tuck that tailbone, no more navel to spine! I don't do it naturally yet but when I'm not doing it correctly, my brain gives me a warning. I feel it's progress. My second attempt at the WW workout went better too. I stopped trying to get every move perfectly and relaxed into it. I love my baton and the feel of it in my hands.

I don't have a WW-posture friendly computer chair yet; however, I am considering sitting on my large exercise ball at the computer instead of using a chair. One of my staff members did this at work several hours a day just for her back. Maybe I can sit on the ball, so I can tip the pelvic organs the proper way! Worth a try.

This morning I am going to walk up my first hill (in the little town, that is) trying WW walking, feet forward on all 3 points, etc. Again, thanks for this forum. Only here do I ever hear POP mentioned. I am now wondering how many women here in this small town are silently suffering with POP and yearning to talk about it. I was never told anything preventive to help me avoid winding up with prolapse suddenly and without any warning either. If it weren't such a hush-hush subject, some of us wouldn't feel as if just our bodies were failing us. I feel much more positive with all of you out there doing the same workouts as I am.

Hi to all the newbies! I so appreciate your trying to wrap your brains around this work. It is true what Louise said a while back that after some years you’ll wonder how you ever lived and moved any other way. Allix, you will have to do the best you can with the audio/visual materials. It is true that some women come to see me after a year of doing this work and they still need serious correction. Soon we will have many WW teachers around the world to support women in the postural work.

Foxy, check out this cool chair from the most recent Gaiam catalogue. It looks great for right-angle sitting and straddling too. Probably not wide enough to sit crosslegged. The very best chair to sit at the computer is a low, wide, round, stationary platform. I have an old wooden wheel from India that someone scarfed three legs onto. I can sit crosslegged, straddle and right-angle. It could be made out of any kind of wood - just a large circular base with legs and a cushion on top. The whole ergonomic chair business is foolish, imho. That goes for couches and upholstered chairs too...we should all have built-in, wide platforms with cushions and pillows, which we could sit crosslegged, right-angle, against a wall, or recline on.

Expand that notion to a large theater, where ordinarily we’re sitting in “comfortable” chairs that lean slightly back and tip slightly up. UGH!! Imagine if the theater were built simply with wide, tall, cushioned steps, or platforms - like a stadium. You could sit crosslegged or at a right angle, which would be ultimately more comfortable, not to mention drastically less expensive than rows of seats. The problem is, people are no longer used to sitting using the strength of their own spine, so such a notion appears outrageous and impossible. We live in an obtuse world where everything is geared toward loss of our natural spinal shape.

Allix, it’s going to take time. It is a slow process for your connective tissue to drag your organs forward. Empower the process with WW firebreathing, nauli, and hands & knees floor exercises. If you feel symptomatic at the end of the day, get down on the floor with your bottom in the air and breathe!

Christine