The Sofa Butt is useful for anyone who is a perennial sloucher. The ultimate goal is to have a chest/torso that is lifted and supported by the abs, and to have a relaxed back. This gives you plenty of mobility in the shoulder blades for high position work and is necessary for effortless fluidity in the bow arm. Here's how to do it:
First, feel what the Sofa Butt is:
- stand comfortably with feet apart
- pretend there is a sofa right behind your knees and you're about to let your butt go backwards to sit on it.
- feel your lower back relax just as you begin to do it? It doesn't take much motion at all. That's the Sofa Butt.
Once you've felt the Sofa Butt, combine it with an elevated torso. Here are two ways:
Way 1: use "Thinner and Taller"
- get Thinner and Taller, but don't bounce your knees afterwards.
- instead, put on the Sofa Butt
- make sure you let your breath out and in, in your new posture.
Way 2: use the "That Makes Me Want to Throw Up"
- take an easy breath in.
- breathe out.
- feel just a little nauseated, like you might just throw up. Feel your diaphragm go up and in? Hold it there.
- put on the Sofa Butt.