The lower back and abs are an area of the body most of us quite conscious of.
You probably ‘talk’ to your body a lot here: with cues like ‘brace to protect your lower back’, and ‘engage your core’.
But if you are tense all the time that can wind your pain up. You need to let go too…
Bracing and strengthening your core might not be giving you the benefits you think it does: lower back pain is rarely anything to do with your core strength.
So let’s open peace talks with this area — here’s a way to ask for letting go and easing out.
The idea of this check-in series
• One body part a day for 5 days
• A short video daily – with details and potential pitfalls
• You try it with me, you can do this anywhere, even in public
• A short video daily – with details and potential pitfalls
• You try it with me, you can do this anywhere, even in public
Experiment with all 5, then pick the one that feels most helpful. Practise that one daily for 3 weeks and see what shifts.
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Credit to Gemma of embodied mindfulness for the soft belly -wide back cue!