Check your posture

Yoga works wonder to correct bad posture. Try to attend classes where there are experienced teachers who can make sure you are practising poses with correct alignment. Standing poses use the whole body in an integrated way.

Choose postures to target your tighter areas, which, in a flow-on effect, tend to create less-than-perfect posture in other areas too. Shoulder opening poses and backbends help rounded backs. Use forward bends for tight hamstrings, and so on.

Your daily practice can be away from the yoga mat too - it might include checking your alignment while standing in Mountain Pose at the bus stop.

Postscript: Tadasana, Mountain Pose, is a great place to begin work on your posture. Click here to read more.

Extracted from The Yoga Bible, Christina Brown