The teacher is ONE of the most important people in a student’s life. Teachers are everywhere—your first teachers were your parents or guardians. Your second teachers were your extended family and your friends.

When you started formal schooling at around age 5–6, teachers gave you the information, the knowledge that helped you knit together the meaning of your life. Good teachers helped you learn to socialize with others appropriately. A good teacher gave you the ‘aha’ moment—when you could see patterns between and among previously disconnected facts and opinions. The teachers in your school, be it public or private or parochial, helped you advance what you knew or were learning—from experiences you had, to ideas you imagined, and your young answers to life’s greatest mysteries.

Your family or those who cared for you were doing this, too, but you needed outside reinforcement. And you probably wanted to learn. Not every child wants to go to school, but everyone of them that I have met wants to learn.

As you aged, your thinking became more and more complex and personal: you needed more than one official teacher to assist your diverse thinking and knowledge.

Even now, if you are not working with a ‘teacher’, you are still learning from the experience of living, from reading the newspaper, watching programs, reading books—every living moment is a learning moment, and there will always be people who can help you understand what you see and experience. At several points in your adult life you may seek out a ‘teacher’ for a certain area of study—and that teacher will attempt to help you make sense of all that you have become.

Ultimately, as we age, we seek philosophers and those who can help us achieve balance in life—in my opinion. We look for those who can keep our thinking ‘young’—flexible, and help us roll with the rapid changes in our culture. They help us work out our limitations and our promises. You are a teacher. There are those who need to hear your point of view so they have a broader point of view.

Life can be very cruel and painful for many people, and this will affect their acceptance of new ideas, and other points of view. They may reject being taught. Even those people can be good teachers for us. They teach us compassion.

ALL teachers are very important.

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Make movement a priority.  That means in your everyday life, not just when you “exercise.”

On days you don’t get a workout in, be sure you take a walk, stretch, stand, or dance! Motion is lotion and your body was meant to move: so...move something!!

Try this: “Good” posture means that you stand with your feet hip-width apart, knees slightly bent, pelvis in neutral position – i.e., neither pushing front nor back. Your core should be gently braced, with your chest tall and your shoulders slightly back, chin in neutral position (not jutting your chin forward).

Below is a quick guide from the National Academy of Sports Medicine:

​How did you do?  It’s trickier than you think! If you have an imbalance, it can be really hard to get everything all lined up the way it is supposed to be – changing one part of the equation can throw off the others. Getting it right can require time, paying ATTENTION to your posture, and patience.

So, your challenge this week is to work to improve your posture! 

----> How about this: Whenever you CHECK THE TIME, do a quick posture check.  What do you think!? 🙂

Are you in?  Let us know in the comments below!