Synopses & Reviews
Sad Dog, Happy Dog sounds the alarm on the worsening skeletal collapse facing each successive "techno" generation. Structural collapse stands alongside obesity as a serious threat to the long-term health of children growing up today. Movement educator and researcher Kathleen Porter illustrates how the seeds for structural collapse are often planted in the youngest bodies through the use of certain types of strollers, car seats, and other sitting devices that repeatedly place the pelvis in a "sad dog" position. Many hours spent sitting in front of TV and computer screens and in school desk chairs that reinforce tucking disrupt a child's ability to rely on naturally aligned bones for relaxed, easy upright support. This book provides a detailed road map for parents, teachers, health professionals, and fitness trainers to guide children—and themselves—back to natural, healthy posture.
About the Author
Kathleen Porter has traveled the world researching natural skeletal alignment in people who have never lost what we all once knew as healthy toddlers. She is the author of Ageless Spine, Lasting Health: The Open Secret to Pain-free Living and Comfortable Aging and has taught principles of natural alignment through the University of Hawaii at Hilo, the National College of Natural Medicine in Portland, Oregon, and is currently on the faculty of the Omega Institute in Rhinebeck, New York. A longtime student of meditation, she previously taught yoga for many years and is the director of the Center for Natural Alignment in Portland, Oregon.