Are you suffering from any kind of posture problem? Have you ever tried to follow posture exercises to make it correct? It’s true the most of people will take it positive to make their posture better but they don’t know how to do it. how to correct posture In modern days people are not living an active life as their elders have done. Most of the time we used to sit in relaxed position in our couches, cars and at the desks. It makes hard to use our muscles in the best possible way. Some parts of body have to tolerate extra stress including the neck and shoulder while the lower back area gets weaker day by day. Poor posture has been recognized as a factor in health for many years resulting in the development of posture exercises to correct it. However, this approach may be misguided as the focus on specific muscles for improving posture could affect your body’s natural support reflexes. how to correct your posture Our body has several built in postural reflexes to control muscular activity for specific movement and positions. Due to poor posture issue the natural reflex system badly influenced. Over stress makes you stiff your neck and shoulder area. These actions will override your natural mechanisms for balance and movement. Constant inappropriate use of these muscles will eventually corrupt how you move. It becomes a tight situation for you. The more you move in a poor way, the better you get at moving this way until it feels right. While I am in the favor of posture exercises to bring positive changes in posture but in actual sense it makes the situation complicated. What should we do to get our body stand on right footing? Is it the right way we should follow to stand. In my role as a teacher of The Alexander Technique I see many people who suffer as a result of poor posture. Most of cases were involved following instruction for correcting poor posture. Adding a little extra tension in order to stand “properly” will not improve your posture – it just adds to the strain on your muscles and joints. You should not waste your time to take position you think is right rather you should lower the stress making your natural reflexes work improperly.So forget about posture and learn about Poise. Poise seems to be a lost skill at young age. When you have poise you use far less effort and your body will support itself with ease allowing you to move, breathe and function more freely. You can see this skill in professional athletes and media personalities. Think of Muhammad Ali or Fred Astaire in their prime and that gives you a great example of freedom in movement. I doubt if they used exercises to improve their posture! You can also regain poise but you have to push the stress out of your body and allow it to move and adjust according to the gravity force. If you are having no issue in walking with spring then it shows you are having poise. If you feel no tension at your back, neck or shoulder, it means you are having poise. Trying to improve your posture by trying harder will take you further away from your natural poised state. So don’t waste your time in such efforts and let your inner push to come out to coordinate your standing, sitting and walking and you will regain your poise.