Neutrality in Stance and Attitude
If I had a word for 2025, it would be neutral.
In a car, neutral means the engine is running, but the wheels are not dragging you anywhere. Power is available, but you choose when to move.
In war, neutral means you are not getting pulled into sides, conflict, or noise. You stay steady.
What does neutral mean in a body?
When I coach, I talk about a neutral pelvis all the time. Some people live with their hips tipped back, others tucked forward, and both groups wonder why their backs hurt or their knees complain.
Try this with me:
Stand tall.
Tip your hips back until your low back arches. That is anterior tilt.
Come back to center.
Tip your hips forward and tuck your tailbone. That is posterior tilt.
Return to the middle.
Rock between those extremes a few times and then pause in the spot that feels quietly strong, not strained. That is neutral.
It does not feel dramatic. It should not. Neutral is the place where muscles are ready to work when you want them to.
Now check a few more places:
Shoulders: Not slumped forward, not pinned back like a soldier. Just resting.
Ribs: Not flaring open and not collapsed. Stacked over your pelvis.
Neck: Lengthened, not jutting out or turtling in.
Feet: Spreading into the floor evenly.
Core: Supportive without gripping.
Neutral alignment frees up energy for the actual fun stuff: hiking, lifting, carrying heavy groceries like a badass, weeding your garden without swearing, playing with your dog, showing up for your life.
For more information check out my Transform Your Posture in Five steps Lesson
I choose neutral because I want my body to serve Future Me just as well as it serves Present Me.
What does neutral mean in a mind?
Your mind also has a posture.
It arches forward into the future:
“What if this goes wrong? What if I fail? What if I embarrass myself?”
Or it collapses backward into the past:
“Why did I say that? Why didn’t I start sooner? Ugh, I always mess this up.”
Neutral thinking settles you into right now.
Not checked out. Not numb. Just present enough to respond instead of react.
Neutral looks like:
Taking a breath before you fire off that email.
Letting a stranger’s crankiness be about them, not you.
Noticing a sensation in your body and adjusting instead of ignoring it until it screams.
Being curious instead of catastrophic.
Feeling feelings without letting them boss you around.
This is the mental version of stacking your joints. When your thoughts align, everything feels easier.
Neutrality is strength
People think neutral is boring. Nope.
Neutral is:
Strength without overdoing
Calm without shutting down
Presence without pressure
Neutral gives you options.
Neutral gives you freedom.
Neutral gives you power that is available anytime.
Try this today
Stand up. Feel your feet. Stack ribs over pelvis. Grow tall through the top of your head. Soften your shoulders. Slow inhale through your nose.
Ask yourself:
“What is the most neutral choice I can make right now?”
Then do that.
One choice. One breath. One moment of stepping into your power instead of your patterns.
Neutral is not passive.
Neutral is intentional.
Neutral is how we age stronger, steadier, and with way less drama.
If you want help finding a strong, steady neutral in both your body and mind, that is literally what I coach every day. You do not have to figure this out alone.
Send me a quick “neutral” and I will show you the next step.