Our body is our main communication tool. We often hear about non-verbal communication. We constantly analyze the use of our gestures to avoid misunderstandings and interpret others at the same time through their bodily gestures. Although the body is capable of communicating even without our noticing those around us. Express moods, interests, attitudes. But our postures and gestures not only communicate to other people, but the number one audience of our body is ourselves. Our non-verbal behavior influences how we think about ourselves and our self-esteem.
Sometimes, if we are nervous or sad, we hide our chest and lower our shoulders. Many times, in new environments, where we feel threatened or insecure, we shrink and hardly get out of this position. But equally this bad posture can provoke in us a state of insecurity and sadness. Many times, in this same situation, it is difficult to overcome the challenge because we are not able to change our body language. The truth is that doing the reverse path can influence our mood. A good posture, with an erect chest and shoulders back, can improve our attitude to a more assertive, confident, comfortable, and secure one.
Studies show that the production in our body of two elemental hormones, testosterone and cortisol, are related and influenced by the positions and body language that we assume. Testosterone is the characteristic hormone of strength, security, and dominance, while cortisol is a hormone released in stressful and sad situations. Proper posture, with well-positioned shoulders and an upright chest, contributes to increased testosterone production, while poor posture encourages the release of cortisol doses.
The work of a positive posture begins with small changes and over time it is permanently settled in our behavior. Something as simple as standing upright for two minutes already improves your mood and makes you stronger and more confident in the face of any situation and the people around you. For this reason, in our practices we always seek to maintain good posture, generating positive moods, comfort, and confidence in our students. It is true that maintaining positions of power and strength is difficult at first since the muscles do not tend to maintain positions like this for long periods of time, but a regular practice reinforces our muscles, causing our body to adopt good posture instinctively.
Remember that a good constant posture in our bodies allows us to achieve more positive minds. In the same way, a positive mind is capable of generating assertive behaviors and therefore, better results in our day today.
Keep your spine extended
Here we leave you a sequence that will help you strengthen the muscles that surround the spine and with that, you can improve your posture and, consequently, your mood.
Interlock your fingers behind your waist and move your arms away from your back as far as you can, projecting your chest forward and bringing your shoulders back. As you move your arms away from your back, raise one leg back and stay for a few moments trying to keep the position as firm and stable as you can get. It compensates, doing everything towards the same side. With this, you will not only strengthen the leg that serves as your base, but you will also be strengthening the back muscles and improving your concentration.
Keeping your legs extended, try to support your hands on the floor, without letting your head drop. In fact, she tries to lower herself by trying to project her chest outward and keeping her gaze forward.
Support your hands -or better yet: point your fingers- and feet on the floor and try to keep your whole body well extended. This position will help you strengthen a large number of the muscles that help support the extended spine. The abdominal muscles, for example, are one of the most favored.
From the previous position, project your hips forward, your chest up, and your head back. Try - carefully - that the entire spine flexes back, causing the entire back muscles to contract and strengthen. When doing the pose, watch that your heels stick together and your glutes twitch.
Support one knee on the floor and the other leg extended to the side. As you breathe in, raise your arms and exhale, flex your spine to the side of your extended leg. It remains for a few moments allowing the intercostal muscles to relax and the obliques and abdomen to strengthen. Pay off by doing the same to both sides.
Sitting on the floor, extend one leg and flex the trunk on it. It allows the back muscles to be decontracted and tries to involve the abdominal muscles. Try to go down from the hips so that the chest and abdomen are close to the leg before the head. Perform for both sides.
Cross one leg over the other and twist your torso toward the top leg. With your opposite arm, pry your leg to help you turn your torso more. Support your backhand in a way that helps you keep your spine especially extended. Compensates.
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