#posture

#posture

Dr. Mew is passionate about optimal posture and its impact on facial aesthetics, believing it's crucial for health and public well-being.

"Maintaining proper postural alignment and switching postures can ward off aches and pains when working from home," says physical therapist Sarah Kostyukovsky, P.T., DPT, OCS. If you don't have an ergonomic desk chair to provide the ideal support, try these hacks: Put a lumbar roll, or a rolled up hand towel, behind your back to maintain a curve in the low spine. "Our lumbar curve puts the rest of our spine in better alignment," she says. "Try it! Slouch and then sit up straight with a curve in your low back and see what happens to your pelvis, upper back and neck and head." Um, wow.

Unlearning your default alignment and programming it differently can require that you move through Chaturanga more slowly. It can also mean lowering your knees to the mat.