Sit and Keep on expanding Or Stand up to get elevated

If we mull over this statement, it sounds a bit controversial because it’s not how it is, I can criticize it myself by saying that one can also sit in meditation for an hour and find their inner voice and in that way, can actually expand and broader their horizon as an individual which is a fact.

What I am trying to enlighten us all here is on what this technologically advanced overly comfortable lifestyle which surely lacks simplicity, compassion and our core traditional values has done to us. I am not completely negating the advances that technology has made so far, the way I am typing and how this text will be available to the world in milliseconds, but how it has made us into an ignorant being just infuriates me all the time.

While I am sitting and typing here, I have my grandmother sitting on the couch watching television, my dad is lying there on another couch and my dog is constantly licking my feet and wagging its tail asking for my attention (obviously I am very conscious of all this that’s why I do my work when everyone is either asleep or not around me so that I can contemplate one thing at a time).

Let’s get it straight; it is not about how much do you sit or stand, it’s always about why you do what you do? You got to ask this annoying ‘why’ to yourself all the time, because if you won’t then you will get succumb to this daily hassle and you will remain empty from inside and that will hit you really hard, and if you know your why then kudos to you.

It’s the way you sit, how you eat, what you eat? How you stand? How do you feel about yourself all the time? What do you strive for in life? You know all those existential questions which make you feel low, numb, high or uplifted makes your entire milieu and then how you carry out your day to day work and the way you talk and do all your activities makes up your whole life and your reason for existing.

The reason to lay a hand on the foundation is to provide you with an insight onto what makes us do what we do. Just observe yourself while you are surrounded by people and when you are alone with yourself you will somehow understand the significance of your behavior.

The whole idea or I may call it a trick is to keep your spine straight whether you are sitting or standing, to elaborate it further the spine is supported by variety of muscles of the back and why slouch is because you aren’t strengthening your back muscles to keep the spine erect and that is why physical activity and not just physical activity but bodyweight and strength training to held it straight is the key to acquiring perfect posture and agility.

While at or during work whether it’s a 10 hour job on the foot or a computer job on the desk or both you got to take time out for yourself after every 30-45 minutes to stretch or relax, have sips of water, I would suggest to go to the restroom and do at least 5-10 squats, or lunges or any form of bodyweight exercise to keep your heart rate slightly elevated, so to stay alert and active, while on the chair, keep changing your positions keep doing leg exercises while you remain seated.

At lunch get up from your desk and go to the lunch area, sit and eat with everyone that will create mutual adulation, bring the home cooked food (left over or freshly cooked whichever is available). Do not binge on tea/coffee/snacks/sweets while at work, have a nice cup of hot tea in the evening with everyone at home and sit and chat with your folks. Make it a habit of having dinner before 8 pm at night with your entire family. Never skip breakfast and take time out to walk or jog in fresh air with strength training exercises at least thrice a week and before starting it on your own, enroll in a strength training class near you to get Yourself equipped with the basics to avoid injuries.

We all our running after to accompany all the wealth of this world, but most important asset is our health, lets invest on it and not make it just a liability upon us, and that difference, change and self-love that we talk about, lies in our daily choices, make your health a definitive choice, not to forget it just starts with keeping your spine erect.