How to build good posture with key breathing, strength and mobility exercises

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If you’ve ever caught yourself slouching at your desk and immediately jerked your shoulders back and straightened your spine, you know the struggle. Within minutes, you’re slumped over again.

Here’s why: Rigid corrections are impossible to maintain because they treat posture like a static position to hold rather than a dynamic skill to train.

Good posture isn’t something you freeze into place — it’s a fluid, balanced and aligned state that you build with proper breathing , strength and mobility.

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