couches

Body: 

we have had this hand-me-down couch for a few years. it was definately from the 80s, really tacky pattern. i recovered it in green courderoy.
this couch i must say served us well, went through 2 kids toilet training (oops), and many snacks. well i am happy to say that our son is now toilet trained (age 2.5) so we thought it time to send this couch on it's way. we got a new leather couch, i love it!!! we've had it for about 4 weeks. probably the same amount of time since i've been doing the posture. i can count on the finger of one hand how many times i've relaxed on this couch. it just doesn't seem right to hunch onto the thing and compress all my organs south! my husband is right at home. he doesn't mind in the least that i've taken to the floor, sitting lotus or laying flat. i talked about this couch for weeks before buying it and now i just look at it! just thought i'd share this moment with you all! keep well, mel

This cracks me up because I can so relate. I still haven't replaced my livingroom furniture, which belonged to my grandparent's and that I had very expensively reupholstered several years ago. It's horribly uncomfortable, but I just sit on the floor and keep it for company. My husband bought big, cushy Italian leather furniture for his study. It's very tempting, because you sit down and just keep disappearing into it until you're a curled up little ball. Feels great at first, but I end up in pain the next day if I indulge too long. Just think of the opportunities to design so many things for the comfort and well-being of the female body! The wide, built-in couches, called bancos, that are indigenous to this area allow you to sit anyway you want and with a straight spine.

O too have noticed I would rather not sit on our couch. Within a few minutes I feel a lot of pressure down low, like everything is folding over onitself, yikes! I sit on the floor on a sheep skin now. Diana