Hi Reader,

It’s crazy how the smallest thing you adjust in your body can change everything.
For runners, that usually means pelvic tilt.

I posted about it in my last video, just a quick demo, and a lot of you were shocked by how different your bodies felt from a tiny change you had never thought about.

So here’s the truth:
Most of us walk, stand, lift, run, and sit with our pelvis completely out of place. Neutral only really happens when we’re lying on our backs.

Why is that?
Because modern life puts the pelvis to sleep.
Hours of sitting.
Chronic stress
(Yes, your psoas & hip flexors are wired to your fight-or-flight system. When stress rises, the psoas and surrounding hip muscles automatically contract.. That's why it feels so relaxing to do a yoga or hip mobility.. it releases all that built up stress in your hips).

Back to running:
The hip is the biggest joint in our body: a crossroads of muscles, tendons, ligaments, and deep stabilizers.

And sitting puts all of them in positions that slowly shorten, tighten, or weaken.

But when you find neutral, when your ribs stack over your hips, when your pelvis stops being a passenger and becomes a driver, something shifts.

Your glutes suddenly work.
Your core wakes up.
Your lower back stops screaming.
Your running feels lighter.
Your posture looks effortless.

It’s one of those rare “small hinge, big door” adjustments.

This week’s tool:
​Stand tall, soften your knees, and gently tuck and untuck your pelvis until you feel neutral.

Not arched.
Not squeezed.
Just stacked.

Practice this once a day, in front of a mirror, while brushing your teeth, or before a run.

This week’s action:
Go for one walk or run this week focusing only on your pelvis.
Notice how different your feet, breath, and stride feel when your foundation is finally aligned.

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See you next Wednesday.
Rapha 🌿
​Rewild your body. Reclaim your mind.