Rita Rivera
Empowered Health through Body Mind Integration
The Brilliant Back Posture Reboot will improve your posture and assist in relieving discomfort and pain caused by stress and tension.
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Confidently move through your day with a new-found awareness of how cultivating balance brings more freedom in standing, sitting and walking.
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Your Brilliant Back is a methodical process that aims to build your awareness around the fundamentals of achieving a balanced and dynamic posture that will serve you in all daily activities and sets a trajectory for long lasting results.
What you can expect from the program
Experience Your Body’s Natural Balance, as you learn skills for long term health.
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Apply the basic principles of the Alexander Technique, learn basic anatomy to guide your journey
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Begin the process of healing old injuries, decreasing stress on joints & safeguard intervertebral discs
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Experience more vitality & fluidity in your back and spine
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Tools to build awareness in assisting you in healing and aging
This is not an exercise program. We use "Subtle Motions" and "Micro-movements" to work with areas that are stuck or holding tension.
In the 28 day program
You are guided to embody the components that are necessary to restore balance & coordination
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We focus on building awareness and directing our thinking to support long lasting changes
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Experience "Dynamic Posture" for relief of neck and back issues and support graceful aging
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You learn that how you stand and how you sit is critical to being pain free and having a healthy back
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You experience the power of breathing and guided imagery to greatly reduce stress
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Understand how to undo stress patterns caused by professional demands and repetitive actions
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Incorporate skills that support you when healing from trauma, injury or accidents
Overview of the 28 Day Program
Week 1 Days 1-7
Freeing the Neck & Back
In this foundational week, I lay the groundwork for our journey.
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You will learn:
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The importance of becoming the observer.
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What is Restorative Rest and how to practice it, setting the framework for resetting patterns of stress and tension.
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Simple anatomy that will give you a visual guide to focus your attention on.
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Learn a foundational principle of the Alexander Technique, “Free the Neck”. What does that mean? And how you do it.
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How building awareness and releasing key points around the head and neck contribute to lengthening and widening the back.
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A simple and calming breathing focus.
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Days 8 & 9 Restorative Rest and Reset
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Week 2 Days 10-16
The Balanced Body
Using the principles that we set-up in our first week, we begin the exploration of fine-tuning weights and balances.
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We will explore:
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The relationships of our torso.
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Our feet and how we stand.
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How we balance.
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How are legs integrate into our pelvis and low back.
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Carriage of the shoulder girdle.
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Using our arms.
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Day 17 & 18 Restorative Rest & Reset
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Week 3 Days 19-25
Easeful and Fluid Motion
Completing our first two weeks has paved the way to turn our focus on how we move.
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We will turn our attention to finding ease and fluidity in:
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Sitting and standing with ease.
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The 3 movements that are essential for a healthy spine.
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How to experience more ease and fluidity in your spine.
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Exploring breathing from different perspectives.
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Day 26 &27 Restorative Rest and Reset
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Day 28 Guided Meditation
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