Joyce Gavin -

Posture – Powerful or Powerless? Ladies have you thought about your ‘body language’ / posture and how it can affect how powerful or powerless you can feel about yourself? I know from my background as a Pilates Master Coach the benefits of 'great' posture.Structurally a good and balanced posture can reduce stress on the body’s structures, can create open and fluid movement that assists us when coping with the adl’s [activities of daily living] By learning and developing strategies, endurance, flexibility and strength to maintain this open and fluid posture. You learn to move better, breathe better, live better. NOW   imagine if by adopting a ‘powerful pose/posture’ for as little as 2 minutes per day offered positive effects on how you feel about yourself, how others perceive your and lowered your cortisol levels! [stress hormone] Well that is exactly what Amy Cuddy’s [Social Psychologist / Professor at Harvard Business School] researc