Getting into Your Back Mindfully

As you work day in and day out, your back can become painful or stiff because you are not using it in a mindful way. In this article, I will suggest ways you can get into your back in a mindful way to ease away the pain and stiffness and use it well.

How do you think into your back to ease away stiffness and pain?

Getting into Your Back

First, many young people take their spine health for granted. Perhaps they don’t even know what it looks like or what it does. If you are working from home or a workspace, is a wonderful opportunity to treat your spine to some special attention. It’s as simple as that. You don’t have to become an anatomy expert or dissect rats like you did in Biology class. It’s only a question of thinking into your spine.

The spine consists of 33 vertebrae hanging vertically along the natural curves of your back. They range from the tip at the bottom end (the coccyx) to the very top bone inside your skull, between your ears (called the Atlas joint). In between each bone is a cushion of cartilage. It prevents the bones from touching and acting like a shock absorber on a vehicle.

So, as you do for your car or motorbike, you must regularly check the air in your tyres! I’ll show you how to do that in a moment.

Use your mind like a laser to get into your back

Once you understand how your spine lies at the very centre of your body, you’ll be able to visualize it more easily. And you’ll become more aware of it, especially as you concentrate on your work.

How your head (your skull) balances on the top of that long rope of bones is the key to your spine health.

So, from time to time, without actually doing any stretching or anything, use your mind like a laser.

Visualize the back of your neck and use your imagination to lengthen it.

It helps me imagine I’m balancing a small ball on top of my head. And while visualizing your long, swan-like neck, please breathe more deeply than usual.

Perhaps the following image will help you.

Look at how this handsome cat’s head is balanced on the top of a long neck and how strong and alert she is.

This could be you in your new workplace.

By the way, visualizing inside is a recognized healing technique now. You can read more here:

Mindset Transformation for Workplace Wellbeing

As you can see, the spine is vital in all aspects of your life, especially long working hours.

It is the protective housing for your central nervous system. Messages about movement, breathing, and many other things are sent down the nerve cables to all areas of your body.

Therefore, the more space you make between each vertebra by getting into your back, the better. Your nervous system is the dominant way your mind functions. So, this makes the quality of the messages the brain sends crucial.

Your state of mind is reflected in the environment, and the environment is reflected in your mind!

Examples:

• If you’re frustrated, everything around you is tinged with that emotion. You may get irritable with objects or your cat. Or worse, yourself.

• If you’re angry, then anger tinges on everything around you.

To change your mindset, you should immediately ask yourself these questions:

• Why am I doing this job?—your motivation to work.
• What is the most important thing in my life?—your motivation to live.
• What makes me happiest?—your motivation to be happy.

You must always check your motivation for doing and thinking about everything.

That way, you can be sure to live sincerely and meaningfully.

It would be best to make the most of every breath you take. This insight is especially key when you WFH.

Remember to allow your neck to be long and strong so that you can easily balance the weight of your skull on top. The average human head can weigh as much as 11 pounds.

Never underestimate your human power

You’ll notice you feel quite different once you have answered those questions above.

Also, your environment looks and feels different. The people and creatures around you will behave very differently towards you, too.

You can learn new ways of self-filtering and relating to yourself in a new way while you are your own boss.

So, please don’t underestimate your human power.

All you have to do to make lasting changes in your mindset is to remember to use your power properly, beneficially and skillfully.

Wellbeing in the Workplace and Working from Home

Wellbeing in the workplace is still a tiny dot on the horizon for most companies and organizations.

I hope these ideas and suggestions can help you quickly adapt to your new workplace at home. If you have any comments or questions, I would welcome them.