1. POSTURABILITY
Change your posture, change your
life!
A Workshop created by Marilynn Larkin, ACE-certified personal
trainer and group fitness instructor; award-winning health and
medical writer; and dance enthusiast/performer
Featuring Marilynn’s signature Posture-cize Workout
www.PosturAbility.com

2. Fit for Success
Pilot Posture-cize program for the
international non-profit
organization, Dress for Success.
One-time trial class turned into 8-
week workshop (see IDEA
magazine article). Marilynn
Larkin’s Posture-cize is part of her
PosturAbility workshop.

3. Fit for Success
“The women got so much out of
the program--thanks to you and
your incredible dedication! We
could not have done it with out
you… Sounds like you continue to
do good deeds everyday. You are
an amazing woman! Congrats!”
Lisa Tomanelli, M.S.W.
Director of Employment
Retention Programs
Dress for Success Worldwide

4. NYU: People with
Alzheimer’s and their
Caregivers
Marilynn Larkin’s Posture-cize, part of
her PosturAbility workshop, presented
under the auspices of an ongoing, 20-
year randomized controlled trial of a non-
drug intervention (personalized
counseling sessions, peer-group
support, phone availability) for people
with Alzheimer’s disease and their
spouses.
“You were terrific this evening. In
retrospect, the most emotionally moving
thing was how all those people, of
different races, classes, ages, were able to
do the exercises and enjoy them. The two
people with dementia, who came with
their caregivers, were especially
impressive…it is clear to me that we are
on to an idea worth pursuing.”
Mary S. Mittelman, DrPH
Director of Psychosocial Research and
Support
Comprehensive Center on Brain Aging
and Research Professor
Department of Psychiatry
NYU Langone Medical Center

5. Classic Residence by Hyatt
Residents at this continuing care
retirement community actively
engaged in Marilynn Larkin’s
Posture-cize, part of her
PosturAbility workshop. Music
was tailored to the
participants, who particularly
enjoyed the “strutting with good
posture” section of the
workout, shown here.

6. Lecture/Mini-Workshop:
Health Promotion and
Wellness Track
Joint Conference of the National
Council on the Aging and the
American Society on Aging 2006
Presented Posture-cize, a key component of
PosturAbility, in a lecture/workshop format.
DVD was displayed in the exhibit hall among
other selected “innovative products.”
“What a blessing it was to attend your
session at the ASA / NCOA conference and to
meet you personally. You do such a fantastic
job of teaching how easy it is to achieve good
posture but you also have that special spark
that motivates others. It didn’t take long for
me to realize that we are kindred spirits
wanting to share with the world how
important posture is to good health.
Thank you for being a consultant on the last
SIT AND BE FIT television series and on our
newest video / DVD that will soon be
released. You are listed as a consultant on
both and I will send you a copy of the DVD as
soon as it is available.”
Mary Ann Wilson, RN
Creator / Host
SIT AND BE FIT

7. WomanSage Workshop
More than 200 women attended this
workshop, held under the auspices of
WomanSage, a nonprofit organization in
Orange County, CA, that provides support for
women in midlife through educational
programs and social philanthropy.
“Thank you again for coming all the way
across the country to present a Posture-cize
presentation to WomanSage members. As
you know, most of our members are
professional women active in business and
education. They were thrilled with your
suggestions and some still talk about using
the bands to maintain posture in the
workplace.
There's simply not enough emphasis on this
area of fitness. So many of us who have
"hunched" over our computers for years are
now paying a price (said she, who is
recovering from a pinched sciatic nerve). Your
program should be part of any
business/fitness emphasis.”
Jane Glenn Haas
Executive Director
WomanSage

8. Improving Posture with
Marilynn Larkin
More Presentations
American College of Sports Medicine
Greater NY Chapter Meeting
American Dietetic Association NJ
Chapter Meeting

9. Improving Posture with
Marilynn Larkin
More Presentations
Manhattan Chamber of Commerce
Montclair State University

10. What is PosturAbility?
• PosturAbility is all about the connection between posture and confidence and
self-esteem. The cornerstone of this informative motivational workshop is
postural awareness—learning to become aware of how you sit, walk, lift, carry
and do other functional activities. Your posture sends signals about you to
others—vital to understand if you are going to interviews, making
presentations and socializing. Better posture means better impressions. It also
means less chance of injury during daily activities or sports participation.
• PosturAbility includes Marilynn Larkin’s signature Posture-cize program—a
workout to motivating music that is suitable for all ages, sizes and fitness
levels. The emphasis is on boosting confidence, strengthening muscles of the
back and core, and creating postural awareness. The Posture-cize workout
starts with a fun, upbeat warm up, moves on to strength and conditioning
with resistance bands, body weight or free weights, features a special “strut
your stuff” section and wraps up with a stretch and relaxation section that
leaves participants feeling refreshed, revitalized, and full of energy! Posture-
cize is done standing (can be adapted to sitting) in regular clothing; no need
to change into gym clothes.
• Change your posture, and you can change your life!

11. Key Learnings
• Your posture influences how you feel about yourself and how others
perceive you (this affects your social life, interview situations for
college, work, etc);
• Good posture is specific to you (it's not about some arbitrary directive to
"stand up straight" or "thrust your shoulders back")--and you need to be
aware of what it feels like when you stand and move with good posture (I
talk participants through weight over both feet, neutral pelvis, lifted and
open chest, etc, so each one can feel what good posture feels like for
him/her);
• Attaining good posture in the moment is good--but you also have to be
able to maintain it (here's where the Posture-cize workout comes in, as
well as postural awareness)
• Exercise and moving with good posture can be fun! People invariably
respond positively to the music, visualization, and "red carpet" posture
walk sections of the workout. My "hidden" agenda in developing
PosturAbility is to make exercise fun and accessible to everyone--to help
combat a sedentary lifestyle and the idea that exercise is a chore, and to
boost social interaction and confidence.

12. PosturAbility Workshops
To learn more about PosturAbility Workshops
for your group, business or creative team, go
to www.posturability.com, email
posturability@gmail.com or call Marilynn
Larkin at 917-626-2515.