The impact sitting has on your health & wellbeing

Hello! How has your week been? I cannot believe it is March already! I have received some wonderful messages from people around the world informing me how Total Somatics is having such an amazing impact on their health and wellbeing. It is great to see the transformation within their posture, range of movement, mindset and their Total Somatic lifestyle approach to daily activities. One area that many people have informed me has become a conscious awareness practice for them, is [...]

Somatic in September WEEK FOUR

Wow! Where have the weeks gone?! We are into our final week of the theme “Somatic in September.” How have you been during the last few weeks? This week I would like to add a new awareness to our theme. Let me explain more in the following video.   MOVEMENT IS MEDICINE If you are a regular follower of my blog posts on Instagram (total.somatics) or Facebook (Total Somatics) you will know that for many years I have used this expression, Movement [...]

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POSTURAL AWARENESS TO HOW YOU SIT

SOMATIC IN SEPTEMBER - WEEK 2 According to the British Journal of Sports Medicine, prolonged sitting should be considered within occupational health and safety policies and practices just like other elements of posture. The mushrooming effect of health issues associated with prolonged periods of time sitting at the work station are concerning. Many of my clients have resorted to stand up desks to help with this issue. This is great, but for many hours each day people are sitting for large [...]

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Is sitting the new smoking?

In this week’s blog I am going to discuss how sitting for long periods of time can have a negative effect on your health. We will consider the common statement made which is “sitting is the new smoking.” As the Founder and Somatics educator for www.TotalSomatics.com, I see many clients with back pain and limited movement due to their office jobs. Many have invested in stand up desks to reduce being seated for hours on end. This is a brilliant [...]