Maintaining a good, balanced posture will make you look better, feel better and prevent injuries, aches and pains to the muscles and joints.

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Follow these simple steps for postural training: relax; breathe deeply; place the hands on the stomach and gently breathe in through your nose; breathe out; with one finger on the pubic bone and one on your navel, try and shorten the gap as you breathe out and flatten your stomach in the direction of your spine without tilting your pelvis; breathe in and feel that gap slightly expand; gently squeeze the bottom muscles; visualise yourself as a puppet being suspended from a string that’s attached to the top of your head; think

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"grow tall"; hold this position for 10 seconds and repeat every hour.

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