1. Know what good posture is. Know the two C’ or S’ curves. They are found at the base of your head and the upper back to the base of the spine. Make sure your weight is evenly distributed on your feet. You might feel like you are leaning forward but you aren’t.
2. Proper alignment places your ears loosely above your shoulders, above your hips. These points make a straight line and the spine curves in a slight S.
3. Align your ears, shoulder and hips.
4. Align you ears over your shoulders. Raise both arms straight up, along side your ears. Remember to keep your ears aligned. Bend forarms toward shoulders to touch your shoulder baldes. Do 10 repetitions with both arms, then alternate 10 reps for each arm singularly. Align ears with shoulders. Raise both arms to sides, counting ten as you lower. Slowly raise arms back to shoulder height, counting to ten as you raise arms. Try to do ten reps, constantly checking your alignment. Do as many as you can if ten is too much. you should feel a slight fatigue in the shoulder muscles.
5. Do stretches. Tilt your head in all four directions over your shoulders and gently massage your neck. On your hands and knees, curl your back upwards, like a cat, and then the opposite. Think about placing a bowl in the hollow of your back.
6. Repeat the exercises a few times each day. Doing them in the morning helps your body stretch out the muscle lethargy of sleep and doing them throughout the day helps raise your energy level.
