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Wellness Wednesday for March 1, 2023

The Wednesday Wellness threads are meant to encourage users to ask for and provide advice and motivation to improve their lives. It isn't intended as a 'containment thread' and any content which could go here could instead be posted in its own thread. You could post:

  • Requests for advice and / or encouragement. On basically any topic and for any scale of problem.

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  • Advice. This can be in response to a request for advice or just something that you think could be generally useful for many people here.

  • Encouragement. Probably best directed at specific users, but if you feel like just encouraging people in general I don't think anyone is going to object. I don't think I really need to say this, but just to be clear; encouragement should have a generally positive tone and not shame people (if people feel that shame might be an effective tool for motivating people, please discuss this so we can form a group consensus on how to use it rather than just trying it).

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For anyone who has low back problems and sits a lot, I cannot recommend this Pipersong Meditation Chair enough. My partner bought one on a whim and I tried it not expecting much, but damn it is a game changer.

It basically lets you sit cross legged at your desk, and for me at least makes it far easier to relax my lower back. I immediately bought another after I had sat in it for a couple of hours.

Oh, I think I would love this. I have a really hard time sitting normally in a chair and always have at least one leg tucked under me. Think I might spend my "home office stipend" on it.

Things that helped me:

  • the cheapest "shiatsu" neck and back massager from Amazon or its local equivalent

  • extended child's pose, YTWLs on the floor, cobra pose, cat/cow pose

  • lumbar support on my chair, for which I use this