Learn to Stand, Sit and Walk Tall For Body Strength and Super Health
To maintain and keep yourself in a healthy state involves many factors including healthy natural food, deep breathing, exercise, rest, sleep, control of emotions and mind, fasting and good posture. If you nourish and give your body loving care, good posture is natural.
Conversely, when your body lacks any of these essentials, poor posture is usually the result. Once you have established poor habits, you will have to take definite and corrective measures. You will need to exercise regularly and practice good postural habits in order to restore your natural, healthy stature.
When you sit, your spine should be straight against the chair and both feet should be squarely on the floor or a foot stool. Your abdominal cavity should be well drawn in. Keep your shoulders back and hold your chest and head high, never forward. Your arms may be relaxed or you may lightly clasp your hands in your lap.
When you walk, imagine that your legs are attached to the middle of your chest. This will give you long, gliding, graceful steps. When you walk correctly with this swing and spring, you will naturally build energy. Habit either makes or breaks us. Good posture habits help make graceful, strong bodies. Remember: As the twig is bent, so is the tree inclined.
When you sit, keep your torso in the same position. Sit on your hips, with your feet flat on the floor or with ankles lightly crossed. You can work for hours at your desk in this position without fatigue, but it’s best to stop hourly for a good body stretch. Stand, stretch your spine up and do some shoulder rolls forward, then backwards. Then for energy do some arm-wide swinging windmills. Also take frequent brisk walks, maintaining healthy posture with your arms swinging naturally in rhythm with your stride.
When sitting never cross your legs. Under the knees run two of the largest arteries, carrying nourishing blood to the muscles below the knees and to the nerves in the feet. You immediately cut down the blood flow to a trickle when you cross your legs. Don’t cross your legs!
