New Years Reminder: Align Yourself Better in 2016

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New years resolutions are a tricky business.  By making a new years resolution I am stating that I am resolved to follow through with my intentions.  If I am truly resolved then I will follow through with my intentions and may enjoy the benefits of my success.  If the resolve is lacking then I will likely not follow through and I may instead experience feelings of failure and disappointment.

One could argue also that if I truly have resolve with regards to some intention, say, getting into better shape, then I won’t really need to make a resolution to do that.  I just go and get into better shape because my resolve requires that action.  I must be careful that my new years resolutions aren’t simply an endless list of the things I’d like to change but lack the skills, the will or the resolve to change.

I’d like to suggest an alternative to new years resolutions: “new years reminders.”  I can use the new year to simply remind myself of the changes I’d like to see in my life but have yet, for whatever reason, failed to manifest.  I’d also like to suggest that of the many possibilities for new years reminders, BETTER ALIGNMENT be moved up the list!

Why better alignment?  Well it’s to do with the fact that our alignment impacts our health in so many ways, physically and psychologically, and that it is the essential first step for many other popular new years reminders including “getting into better shape”, “losing weight” and “reducing stress”, just to name a few.

Improving our alignment has the following benefits with regards to getting into better shape:

  • Increases strength and flexibility 
  • Improves cardiovascular function
  • Improves balance and coordination
  • Increases bone density
  • Decreases pain
  • Improves overall health and function

In additon to the above, improving our alignment has the following benefits with regards to weight loss:

  • Reduces excess weight at the site(s) of accumulation
  • Increases core strength
  • Improves digestive health system for better digestion and a decreased tendency for weight gain
  • Increases muslce use for increased calorie consumption with activity

And it that weren’t enough better alignment helps to reduce stress in the following ways:

  • Improves breathing
  • Relaxes chronically tense muscles such as the diaphragm and psoas
  • Improvses health of the urinary system for greater ease of function and decreased associated stress
  • AND DID I MENTION DECREASES PAIN!!!

So consider making a “New Years Reminder” to develop the alignment skills you have as well as learning new ones.  Consider reminding yourself to do the things you’re already doing, walking, standing, sitting, etc. with better alignment and with more of the health promoting effects you want.