Autumn Qi Chats | Week 10
When was your last floor session?
The floor is one of our best movement tools and yet we just walk all over it! This week we discuss floor mobility and benefiting from more floor time.
When was the last time YOU played on the floor?
Our homes have been designed so you NEVER have you get down on the floor. And yet, of all places, our home should be the MOST inviting place for getting down. You have hear me speak of the SAID principle (specific adaptation to imposed demand) which means ‘if you do it a lot, you’re going to get very good at it.’ For the good, bad or the ugly, you habit will literally shape how you move. This should motivate you to make your home more inviting for floor time!
You are where you sit.
Let’s get creative about floor time. You don’t have to just settle for plopping down on the ground and giving yourself a 3 minute permission to ‘sit’. Nay! This opportunity is for exploring the many ways your body is meant to move and engage with the floor. Try cushions (big and small), blocks, wobble boards, round shapes, square. How do you sit on something soft versus hard? Lower to the ground. Higher off the ground. Move your legs into a criss-cross position or straight. Kneel. Sit on your heels. What’s your intention while on the floor? Eating, reading, meditating, talking on the phone? How do you want to sit?
Neuro-Qi Tip o’the day!
Get down & get funky!
First set up a sitting station for a behavior that is locked into your routine. Motivate yourself to change sitting options from a chair to the floor.
Make it comfortable and know that you don’t have to sit here for long. Slowing build up your floor time.
An activity to keep you on the floor can help as you become more comfortable in your movement.
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