Benefits of Sitting on the Floor and How to Do It Properly

Align Podcast

Aaron Alexander

Philosophy, Society & Culture

4.8 • 924 Ratings

🗓️ 16 January 2020

⏱️ 14 minutes

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Summary

If you’re someone who is striving to be proactive with their health, tune into this episode of the Align Podcast to learn more about floor sitting – one of the simplest things you can do to increase your vitality and longevity. Our hips, ankles, knees, spines, and the fluids throughout our body have been built upon movement, necessitated by getting up and down off the ground. Although in western societies, floor sitting is not a staple in our lifestyle. So here is where the problem lies…our body is like a home. If we make good use of the space, squatters will take over. Inside the body, the squatters will look like adhesions, calcifications, and inflammation. But, when we move our body through its full range of motion regularly, in ways it’s intended to be moved, we prevent the “squatters” from taking over. And when our knees, ankles, and hips can smoothly move through their full range of motion, it’s a clear indication of the vitality of the rest of our body. In this episode I discuss: How floor sitting will improve your life Studies backing up the benefits of floor sitting The affect floor sitting has had on different cultures How to include more floor sitting in your daily life How to sit on the floor properly How much time should be spent on the floor daily to reap the benefits Find more from me: @alignpodcast alignpodcast.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	All right, welcome back to the line podcast. My name is Aaron Alexander.
0:03.4	Today's beautiful episode is a solo episode with just me. I'm breaking down one of the
0:09.1	chapters of the most recently published book, The Aline Method. Typically this podcast for newcomers is a space that we bring together the world's leading experts on all things health and wellness to help y'all optimize your mind, body, and movement through popular demand.
0:27.8	People have asked about me doing more solo stuff, so we're going to do it.
0:31.4	And today we're going to break down particularly chapter
0:34.4	about the value of spending time on the ground. Chapter 4, floor sitting, your
0:38.6	foundation for self-care. I really appreciate people's reviews on Amazon for the Enlightenment
0:46.3	a book. I appreciate you purchasing the book. I wanted to read a review from
0:51.3	Jonathan Nasman, five stars verified purchase from Mr. Nasmin,
0:56.0	great guide to inhabiting your body better.
0:58.3	I'm not gonna read the whole thing, but he says, this is the guide I'll be
1:00.8	recommending to my clients who want to move pain free and regain their natural flexibility.
1:06.0	Incredibly well written, well researched, while also being highly practical and accessible.
1:11.0	I actually am reading the whole thing.
1:12.0	Recommend it to anyone who wants to inhabit your body better.
1:15.0	So today we are talking about floor sitting
1:19.0	and I'm going to start off with a quote from Albert Einstein, which is the way that we start the chapter, and he says,
1:27.5	you can't solve a problem with the same thought process that started the problem.
1:32.0	We, as we, process that started the problem.
1:37.0	We, as Western culture, humanity, are, we have so many gadgets and gizmos
1:39.0	and top tips and nutritional supplementation and all these things to help ameliorate an issue
1:46.1	that the root cause is not being addressed.
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