If you find your head poking forward, your chest and shoulder muscles tight, and your mid-back rounding these stretches for better posture could be the answer to your posture-prayers.
Done daily (with a proper weekly strength workout), you could start to reverse the damage that bad posture is doing to your spine, neck and shoulders.
The only equipment you need is a stretch tie and a yoga bolster or foam roller (or grab a thick blanket and roll that up).
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