LESSON 9 - Comfortable Sitting

TO BEGIN:

Notice how you are sitting.

Are you slouching? Holding yourself stiff and straight?

Is your weight clearly in your sit bones or more toward your tailbone?

What happens if you bring your feet about as far apart as your hip joints are wide (see previous lesson if you don't know how to find your hip joints)?

Leave your feet this distance apart and adjust your position so your ankles are directly under your knees. What happens to how your are sitting? What happens to your level of comfort?


TO DO:

Sit with your feet directly under your knees and about as far apart as your hip joints are wide. Place your hands under your sit bones. Note: place the palms of your hands on your chair with your fingertips pointing toward but not touching each other. Sit on the back of your hands. You should be able to feel your sit bones clearly contacting the back of your hands.

Now gently shift your weight from one butt cheek to the other. Feel the weight come through one sit bone and then they other.

Do this several times.

Rest.

Remove your hands.

Sit and notice the difference.


NOTICE

Do you feel more connected to your chair? Is your posture more natural? more comfortable? What other changes do you notice?