What if it were easier to get up from sitting?

...if only your back didn't feel so creaky? + a free, mini-rolling class inside.

I have a feeling a lot of you are going to enjoy this.

This week’s technique is about the SPINE. Do you know that feeling of tightness in your back when you transition from sitting to standing? Read on to understand what’s happening in there.

How does your spine feel today? Snakey? Stiff? A Paraspinal muscle refers to any muscle that is surrounding and attaching to your spine, therefore mobilizing AND supporting it. Pictured here.

As you can see, there are hella paraspinals.

In a world of spinal compression and weird positioning (I'm looking at you desk sitter…and me, because I’ve been in this dining chair for over an hour now) the paraspinals have BIG jobs. When you’re still, they have to stabilize your spine. When you (or I) get up from said dining chair, they have to switch roles and start mobilizing your spine.

If the transition from stabilizing to mobilizing feels…slow, then these guys need a little help.

This technique takes two balls of lacrosse/tennis/pinky ball size. Enjoy--lmk how it goes!

Thoughts?

Okay one more thing…if you haven’t done a “full” Rolling class yet, you’ve got to get on board. Last night, we gathered for our weekly, live class and did 55 minutes of foam rolling together. I had been having weird anxiety all day from some unknown source that I really didn’t understand and couldn’t identify. By the end of class, it didn’t matter anymore because it was totally gone. I think I just needed to drop into myself for a little while and the balance was back.

If you’re curious what a rolling practice can do for your mental, physical and emotional health, try this little 15 minute freebie. It’s a gorgeous, tiny preview of the classes released every week on The Patreon.

Love to you and yours!

Maggie V