Posture-lating with Posture Ellie
Join Posture Ellie for a light hearted podcast about all things movement, mindset, motivation and much more. Helping listeners get closer to who they truly want to be, breaking free from the limitations that physical and mental pain can bring. Let's dig in...
Episodes
28 episodes
Returning to other Exercise + Jaw Pain
In this episode, Posture Ellie tackles two questions posed by some Posture Squad members on Instagram. One person wanted to know "When do you know it's the right time to return to other exercise?" and the other wanted to know "Quick fixes and t...
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Season 1
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Episode 28
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34:27
Posture & Infant Technology
Join Ellie for an episode where she talks you through how extremely 'normal' baby/infant technology can disrupt the all-important early years development of children's muscles and posture. Whilst the list of infant technology is long, she digs ...
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Season 1
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Episode 27
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44:24
Posture & Hypermobility
In this episode, Posture Ellie defines how a posture practice can help with both 'types' of hypermobility. There's the more common type, where someone has one (or a few) hypermobile/hyperextensive joints, typically the knees and elbows. This ty...
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Season 1
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Episode 26
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51:23
Why I've come off Instagram
In this more chatty personal episode, Posture Ellie talks through her reasoning as to why she's decided to take a 3 month break from her 'social media drug of choice', Instagram. As a small business owner, it's scary to come off Instagram as th...
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Season 1
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Episode 25
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35:08
Psoas: Trauma, Tension & Trouble
In this episode, Posture Ellie talks us through the physical role of the Psoas (the deepest core muscle, responsible for lumbar stabilisation and keeping us upright) and also the emotional role of the Psoas (in terms of it's connection to stres...
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Season 1
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Episode 24
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53:21
Posture & Sinusitis
In this episode, Posture Ellie delves into 3 postural reasons as to why you might get Sinusitis (inflammation of the Sinuses) - a general lack of movement, a forward head position and, crucially, poor breathing mechanics. If we are habitually m...
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Season 1
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Episode 23
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31:51
Cramping, Wobbling & Earthing
In this episode, Posture Ellie tackles 3 separate mini-topics (as requested by listeners) - Cramping, Wobbling and Earthing. She walks us through why cramping and wobbling are so beneficial in our posture exercises; and why she thinks wobbling ...
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Season 1
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Episode 22
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44:37
Benefits of Barefoot Shoes
In this topic, Posture Ellie delves into one of her favourite topics ... barefoot movement! When we talk about 'barefoot movement', we are talking about being unshod, as well as wearing 'barefoot shoes' which allow for the natural, unrestricted...
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Season 1
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Episode 21
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1:15:28
Healthy Habits that Changed my Life
To celebrate the launch of the 12 day 'Aligned in 10' Challenge, which combines gentle, short posture videos with a healthy habit to integrate into each day (and repeatable at any point on The Posture Squad software), Posture Ellie wanted to do...
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Season 1
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Episode 20
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49:41
Posture & Other Exercise
In this episode, Posture Ellie talks through the relationship that a committed posture practice plays in helping you enjoy (for a long time without injury!) your favourite sports, hobbies and exercise. Firstly, she discusses how our understandi...
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Season 1
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Episode 19
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48:37
Choosing the right posture routines
In this episode, Posture Ellie helps you to figure out which posture routines you should choose that will suit your body and your posture. The absolute KEY thing to remember/understand is that you mustn't be a heat-seeking missile towards routi...
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Season 1
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Episode 18
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35:53
Unpeeling the Onion & Benjamin Button
In this episode, Posture Ellie walks listeners through why we can compare our body and our posture to the layers of onion. As the years go on and dysfunctions and compensations take more and more of a hold on our movement patterns, we create ma...
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Season 1
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Episode 17
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31:37
Emotions & the Body: My Story
In this episode (we've finished the 10 Posture Commandments now!), Ellie gets quite personal and vulnerable and talks about how her body in recent years seems to reflect her mental state. Whilst she doesn't claim to have the answers or the 'why...
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Season 1
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Episode 16
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46:07
You are not alone
This is the final episode discussing the 10 Posture Commandments. When embarking on a journey of healing and self-discovery, like posture, it's so important to realise you aren't alone, even if it feels like it. Feeling isolated and hopeless is...
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Season 1
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Episode 15
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29:44
Don't compare yourself
A sure-fire way to keep yourself stuck is to keep comparing yourself to your former self, a future version of your self or other people. In this episode, Ellie aims to give listeners a 'firm talking to' about how futile comparison is. If you wa...
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Season 1
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Episode 14
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33:52
Less is (generally) more
When it comes to our posture exercises, many people stumble because they keep pushing for more and won't stop. More exercises, more intensity, more effort ... there's a belief that change will only occur if you're pushing really hard and trying...
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Season 1
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Episode 13
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32:38
Long term changes take time
In this episode, Posture Ellie seeks to manage expectations about how quickly you'll make longer-term changes that truly stick. As covered in last week's episode, when an exercise/routine suits your posture, you will know about it right away, a...
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Season 1
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Episode 12
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41:08
Change happens quickly (when you're on the right track)
In this episode, Posture Ellie dives into her 6th Posture Commandment: 'change happens quickly (when you're on the right track)'. Because so many more conventional methods of reducing pain are so symptom-driven (not root cause driven), change d...
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Season 1
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Episode 11
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33:52
Don't symptom chase, find the root cause
In this episode, Posture Ellie (tries) to spell out the KEY differential between posture therapy and most conventional methods of reducing pain: symptom chasing is a waste of time and stops us from healing. Most conventional methods treat pain ...
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Season 1
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Episode 10
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36:39
Don't force anything (& learning boundaries)
In this episode, Posture Ellie delves into Posture Commandment No. 4, 'Don't force anything'. Learning not to force, yank, crank or push your body to do things it doesn't want to do, is one of the quickest ways to learn how to respect your body...
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Season 1
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Episode 9
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33:17
Maintain a calm breath, always
In this episode, Ellie touches upon (just the surface of) how important the breath is and why it's integral to well executed posture exercises. The breath is both a symptom of and remedy to nervous system dysregulation. Many people are chronica...
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Season 1
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Episode 8
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37:34
Hard work is intense, but not pain
When starting out with posture, one of the hardest things to identify is the differences between 'bad pain' and 'good pain'. Whilst I disagree that any pain is 'good pain' (all pain is merely a warning signal that something is wrong), many clie...
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Season 1
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Episode 7
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33:09
Pain is your guide, respect it
In this episode, Posture Ellie talks you through the first of her '10 Posture Commandments' and that is that pain is to be respected, listen to it, don't ignore it. So many people are only offered solutions that involve pain suppression (medica...
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Season 1
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Episode 6
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31:22
How to find and keep motivation
We have busy lives and often looking after ourselves comes right at the bottom of the pecking order. Many people really struggle to maintain a regular routine which helps promote self-care, self-love and confidence. Posture can be one of these ...
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Season 1
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Episode 5
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28:45
What is Posture Therapy?
In this episode, Posture Ellie discusses what posture therapy is all about. Postural Alignment Therapy / The Egoscue Method / Posture Therapy is a modality that many people haven't heard of and, without trying it yourself, can be hard to articu...
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Season 1
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Episode 4
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27:38