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How to sit in your car without strain. My top five tips to driving with less effort
Let’s face it driving can be stressful.
Busy roads, road works, traffic queues, other drivers and where I live, tractors who pull out on you and force you to drive very, very slowly down narrow country lanes where overtaking is impossible.
And if that weren’t enough, we’re also having to deal with the ever-present threat of accident and mayhem if we miss something or don’t react quickly enough. It can all very easily lead to the fear response, shortened neck, head thrown back, tension in shoulders and back and so on.
In short, driving can by its routine nature, make us zone out, but leave us physically stressed. And how likely is that to lead to wonderful, poised posture?
So in this post, I’ll share my top five tips on how to become more aware of what you’re physically doing when you drive so that you can use your car with less physical and mental strain.
Seven steps to walking with ease perfection
The Art of Living Gently encompasses how we use our body, moving in a way that is softer, creating less tension because when we experience less physical tension, this has a huge impact on the amount of emotional strain we feel.
We can all sometimes be guilty of plodding, of shuffling along as if we’ve suddenly aged thirty years rather than walking with the grace and poise of a dancer.
But learning how to walk with more ease, with greater elegance, is easier than you think.