Why We Sit Like Pretzels & Collapse Into Fetal Origami

A Deep Dive into the Contorted Coping Mechanisms of the Hypermobile Herd

June’s Theme: Stretch, Strength & Stability—From the Inside Out
This month at Zebra’s Underground, we’re digging into what it really means to build stability in a body that wasn’t exactly built to stay in one piece. We’re not just talking about strength training or external supports—though those are important—we’re zooming in on the micro-adjustments our bodies make all day long to keep ourselves from unraveling. For many hypermobile folks, stability starts with something as simple (and strange-looking) as how we sit.

Which brings us to this question:
Why do hypermobile people twist, tuck, and fold like human origami?

Let’s untangle the why behind all that pretzel-sitting and fetal flopping—and why it's not just comfort-seeking but actual survival behavior in bendy bodies.