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Your "leaning back" doesn't capture what I so often see in both women & men. That is, a leaning back while collapsing the pelvis back & down in the classic position of ... a male peeing. A functional arrangement for males that becomes ongoing-pattern. Why it occurs also in women could be related to the slouchiness of contemporary furniture and/or attempts at appearing "casual"

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You're correct. I'm simply leaning backwards. Next week I'll talk about the ribs. And the week after I'll talk about the pelvis. We'll get to that pattern eventually! What you're describing is quite a lot of bits and bobs going altogether!

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It’s hard to tell how I am leaning so I tried leaning in each of the ways you illustrated. They each felt awful!

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That's where a camera view of your back can be very helpful. You may have more of a twist in the ribcage rather than a lean in the back. But yeah, each forceful lean will feel terrible!!!

You can also make a balancing game out of leaning in various directions. There's a way to lean forward where the neck is free and the whole back is full and the quadriceps stay nice and long. I'll try to make a video about how that game works at some point!

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