Do you have terrible posture? For many of us, the stress of daily life has us living in survival mode and unfortunately, disconnecting us from our bodies. In today’s episode, Elizabeth discusses how to connect your upper and lower body through the “deadbug” movement.

Like many of us, Elizabeth struggles with spinal pain. While this kind of pain can feel limiting, Elizabeth explains that the deadbug exercise is a simple, yet effective way to alleviate pain and realign your spine. Just by laying on your back, focusing on diaphragmatic breaths, and extending an opposite arm and leg, you can connect your upper and lower body and prevent further muscular imbalances. 

Tune into this week’s episode of Movement: The Science of The Self for a step-by-step explanation of the deadbug exercise. Learn how to activate your parasympathetic nervous system and stabilize your spine, so you can trigger your human righting response and heal your body.

Quotes

• “When we can switch into the parasympathetic nervous response, our mind and body are able to work in harmony with one another to stimulate the healing response.” (04:38-04:53 )

• “If you lift up your two feet and your two hands and you feel pain in your back, you're not ready for this exercise.” (07:11-07:21 )

• “It may sound pretty simple, but I really do invite you to do this at home because you'll see it's surprisingly challenging.” (08:16-08:30 )

• “This exercise was revolutionary because it helped me to correct my posture.” (08:45-08:52 )

• “It is up to me to train the muscles to activate and neutralize my muscular-skeletal alignment, so that I don’t end up with altered recruitment patterns and muscle imbalance.” (09:23-09:37 )

• “You don't need to go to the gym, and you don’t need a whole bunch of fancy equipment in order to exercise. What you do need is to be able to trust and surrender and to be humble.” (11:25-11:39 )

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