Treetops & Beyond

September 7, 2026

“Where the eyes go, the body follows” is a yogic adage that’s real self-help, y’all, in all the ways – physically, mentally, and spiritually.  

With our cellphone dependency increasing by the minute, we’re looking down an awful lot, and in doing so, we’re hunching, rounding, and curling forward. We’re essentially “falling” out of skeletal alignment and (not to be dramatic, but…) severing our energetic flow, repeatedly, throughout the day. This is incredibly low vibe, detrimental to our overall well-being.

In order to counteract “phone posture,” let’s get obsessed with looking up.

This is a macro tip. Today, I’m not suggesting you stretch the pectorals, strengthen your rear deltoids, lift your heart, or move your head back. These are all desirable micro actions that I whole-heartedly recommend. However, once you get in the habit of looking up, all of these micro physicalthings automatically take effect. (FYI, chronic tension/pain at age fifty, is often the result of misalignment that started at age thirty.)The mental layer of “where the eyes go, the body follows” is the law of attraction. What we put our attention on grows, so make sure your attention is on what you want. (Dare to dream, ladies…the sky’s the limit!)

Last but certainly not least, the spiritual aspect of “where the eyes go, the body follows” is energetic. If we are chronically look down, we are misaligning and/or closing down the chakra system. Properly receiving, and processing, intuitive downloads cease to happen, leading to less self-awareness and a weakened relationship with one’s inner compass. (Good posture is good for your soul!)  

Here are three suggestions for more looking up:

#1. The obvious one, strengthen your boundaries when it comes to cellphone usage. Put it away more and look at actual people, places and things. 
#2. Ceilings, pendant light fixtures and chandeliers, clouds and birds in the sky, starry nights…let’s start noticing what’s up there.
#3. Do mindful movement workouts, where we look up a lot, by design.

When taking a tai chi class years ago, which was an indoor class BTW, the instructor said pretend togaze up to the treetops. It was the perfect cue, and I’ve been very fond of real and imaginary treetops ever since. 🤗

Let’s Move! and let’s look up.