BALANCE YOUR BODY

These four centering activities take just a moment but will give you a lifetime of benefits. 

1. Cop a Feel:

• Place your hand under your butt to locate your "sits bones" (aka ischial tuberosities).
• With your hands under those bones, slowly shift your weight to the right and left 3x.
• Remove your hands and see if you can find the midline where you are not sitting on the right or left but right in the middle.

2. Sitting Bowl of Awesome Sauce:

• Next, place your hands on your hips while sitting.
• Imagine your pelvis is a bowl of awesome sauce (which it is!)
• Tilt your pelvis so the awesomeness spills out the front, and then tuck it so it spills out the back slowly 3x.
• Now, find the position where the bowl of your pelvis is not spilling out either side.

3. Get Shifty:

• In standing, soften your knees so they are not locked.
• Shift your weight to one leg and then shift your weight to the other leg 3x slowly. 
• Now, find the middle where your weight is balanced evenly between both legs. 
• With your weight balanced between your right and left leg, shift your body weight to the balls of your feet and then back to the heels of your slowly 3x.
• Now, find the middle where your weight is balanced evenly between the balls of your feet and the heels of your feet.

4. Standing Bowl of Awesome Sauce:

• As in the Sitting Bowl of Awesome Sauce activity above, place your hands on your hips. 
• Tilt your pelvis forward so that the awesome sauce spills out the front, and then tuck your pelvis so that it spills out the back slowly 3x. 
• Now, find the position where the bowl of your pelvis is not spilling out the front or the back. 
• This is your center. 

When sitting or standing, try to find this centered position. Doing so will allow your body to work more efficiently and reduce strain that can lead to problems over time.