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Hello, my name is Laura Guccione and I have spent years of a lifestyle that inisited on driving and 19-years of yoga (so far) which led me to create the Yogawrap Spinal Support. The combination of the knowledge and awareness I've acquired through my yoga practice made apparent the damaging effects sitting can have on the body. I set out to relieve the poor posture my car seat was giving me - hunched shoulders, closed chest, rounded back, protruding neck. Becasue of my practice, I was aware of it. I wanted a lift of my upper torso off of my waist, like standing in tandasna. I wanted my sternum open, instead of my thoracic convexing into the poorly designed seat. I wanted my shoulders in alignment with my collar bone, instead of rounding forward - which was causing my neck to overarch.
I began designing what I needed and made more for students, friends and family to try. Leg and foot numbness was relieved with those that had lower back vertebrae compression and too much weight pressing on the sacrum. This came from the lift the YSS gives.
Digestive issues were relieved with others. This comes from the lift the YSS gives off of the digestive organs so, they have the room they need to function properly.
Those with back pain and recovering from back surgery found an ease of pain as well, because the lower back wasn't overarched.
What's really exciting about all of this though, is that everyone became more aware of their posture and its importance. This is because the muscle memory was sinking in after a couple of weeks of using. So that, when someone was not sitting in the car, or at their desk, they realized their body "wanted" to stand up taller!
The benefit of an open sternum for depression has been experienced by me personally. Feeling crumy about having to drive 2-hours to someplace I didn't really want to go, by the time I got there, I was OK. I'm sure if I hadn't had my chest opened, I would have stayed in my comfy gloom and doom the whole time, making it a fully miserable experience! This combined with the insistance for a tall posture has done a lot for self-esteem for users, as well as myself.
Those that had protruding jaw from an overached neck, just trying to compensate, found relief instantly. Whereas, those with back pain had to stick with it for a couple of weeks. When you think of the weight and range the lumbar curve is required to support as opposed to the head, this seems logical.
When there is a fine lift of the body, especially the head, combined with an open sternum, we can breathe deeper and passively. So, without trying we're getting more oxygen. This has a real impact on energy and awareness; which, in turn, has a real impact on our life!
I know from personal experience with long drives, if after a couple of hours, I slide the YSS farther down, I feel my neck readjusted so gently. Others, especially beefy guys, found it uncomfortable, but knew it was good for them and stuck with it and now they love it.
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