Surprising as it may seem, visualising a heavy, kangaroo-style tail attached to your tailbone when walking will help you maintain optimum balance and improve your gait. You may notice that your hips swing a little more to accommodate the imagined tail, your tailbone will be pulled down towards the floor and the extra "limb" will add more stability to your movement (the tripod being more stable than the biped!)
This exercise is especially helpful for those of us who tend to walk with body weight leaning forwards (particularly leading with the head) and into the balls of the feet. This often happens when we're in a hurry to get somewhere, so...take a deep breath, relax the shoulders, bring your head and neck back so that your ears are in line with your shoulders and add that tail to your walk.
Try it and comment below on whether/how this one change makes a difference to your posture, balance and ease of movement. For more advice, contact me directly - I'll be happy to help :-)
This exercise is especially helpful for those of us who tend to walk with body weight leaning forwards (particularly leading with the head) and into the balls of the feet. This often happens when we're in a hurry to get somewhere, so...take a deep breath, relax the shoulders, bring your head and neck back so that your ears are in line with your shoulders and add that tail to your walk.
Try it and comment below on whether/how this one change makes a difference to your posture, balance and ease of movement. For more advice, contact me directly - I'll be happy to help :-)
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