# Sitting Is so bad for you https://www.reddit.com/r/science/comments/1knc6q4/sitting_for_hours_daily_shrinks_your_brain_even/ ## Types of sitting - Chair - Ground - Sitting on ankles, with tops of feet on ground - Sitting on ankles with ankle at 90ish and toes flexed ## Sitting on chairs - Easy to stay in a position that is not healthy for me for longer. - [[kneeling chair]] feels a little better - - Regular office chair feels like it pinches digestive stuff near hips ## Couches Horrible. They make my back problems worse. ## Sitting on the ground Didn't sit on the ground in mexico and when I came back my ability to sit for extended periods at my desk had deminished Ways to sit on the ground... - cross legged - virasana (Hero Pose) - sitting on heels - sitting on heals with room for toes to dangle down a bit - Sitting with straight legs back to wall = ## Related - [[preparing to have children]] - [[my ankles]] - [[ergonomics]] - [[my desk]] - [[my office]] - [[TV]] - [[sedentary]] - https://www.yogajournal.com/teach/practice-tips-for-virasana/ - [[acute vs accumulated effects]] - [[what sitting does to you physically]] ![[Pasted image 20230118194608.png]] ![[Pasted image 20230118193603.png]]