Saturday Cartoon

Chinese Manchu porter carrying tray on head.
Found here.

Gokhale Head Cushion

If you have nothing suitable to play and practice the art of head carrying with may I suggest this head cushion from Esther Gokhale...

 Here is the website has to say...

"Of all the techniques Esther has experimented with, her favorite way to help people with upper body posture is placing a small amount of weight on the head. This is our oldest and most primal way of carrying objects and it evokes all the neck and back stabilizing muscles semi-automatically. Most students find the cushion helpful to:

• Find their natural axis of the spine,
• Strengthen the deep cervical (longus colli) muscles
• Remind them to keep their head’s up!"

I concur!

Elderly farmer couple head home carrying their... by WildFilmsIndia

Head Carrying

a very natural human movement...do you do it?

Snowflakes

Loads Are Like Snowflakes- Every load experienced by the body, whether the distortion is created by our activity (or lack thereof), the position of that activity, the impact of that activity, or the receptiveness of that activity (or lack thereof), is its own “nutrient”.

-- Katy Bowman

looking at head carrying this week...