Sometimes sore and tense muscles cause back pain, sometimes back pain cause sore and tense muscles. Whatever the case, by learning to move your rib cage separately from your pelvis you will have a tool that help you release those tight muscles along the sides of the spine. When you round your back you will extend those muscles in one direction, when you move your rib cage to the side, you will extent them in a different direction. Moving the muscles in all possible directions is always good! Especially since the long muscles along the spine are not actually two big muscles but lots os smaller muscles with fibres running in different directions. In this Micro Pause we learn to move the rib cage separately from the hips and at the same time give an inner massage to the muscles along the sides of the spine. 


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Body Intelligence – Dive deeper, 5: observe the breath

The breath is magic! Focusing on the breath anchors us in the present moment like nothing else. Breathing is essentially an exchange of gases between your individual body and the atmosphere surrounding it. What a beautiful way to become certain that you are here and now! Now, lets start become acquainted with our breath in a simple and effective way.

Body Intelligence – Dive deeper, 4: notice how you feel

Sometimes we function more on routine than based on needs. And that isn’t necessarily bad. Routines saves a lot of energy. Still, learning to tune in to how you feel helps you increase your knowledge about yourself so that you can get better at handling life. Observe with a non judgemental mind!

Body Intelligence – Dive Deeper, 2: sensory feet

Same as with the hands, our feet can be thought of as sensory organs. The soles of the feet have plenty of something called proprioceptive nerve endings, nervs that send information to the brain about where in space the body is located. When we constantly wear shoes that may not give enough space to our feet, these nervous connections may become inactive. So now, start activating the nervous connections between your brain and your feet!

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