Nice short clip on posture from my friend Matt Hill who runs Systema Academy in Wilstshire, UK. I like the point he makes about animals in nature:
https://youtu.be/RS44DUYM0AM
Bao wrote:Humans use the body in a much more isolated manner, and much less of it.
Bhassler wrote:Bao wrote:Humans use the body in a much more isolated manner, and much less of it.
Only if they've acquired dysfunction in their movement. One of the big reasons humans became the dominant species on the planet is because we move so well.
Bao wrote:But still we don't use our gift to full extent and we prefer to not move very much. If you don't understand how humans use less of some parts of their bodies you should take a look at lions or apes. How they move and use their scapula for instance. When they move and walk on four legs, the scapula is constantly in movement, big movements that originate from close to the spine. Humans tend to keep this area very passive. They might raise their shoulders but the shoulder blades remain locked in the same position. For older people this area tend to become very stiff and unmovable.
Bhassler wrote:You can talk about societal trends, or the horrors of sitting in front of a computer, etc., but those are all cultural issues, and not inherent in natural human movement.
GrahamB wrote:Some random thoughts:
If humans couldn't climb trees really well we'd never have evolved as far as we have.
Lions have to control their impulses (to some extent) - they are social creatures living in a social structure.
Gorillas spend a lot of time sitting down. Just saying.
Bhassler wrote:Bao wrote:But still we don't use our gift to full extent and we prefer to not move very much. If you don't understand how humans use less of some parts of their bodies you should take a look at lions or apes. How they move and use their scapula for instance. When they move and walk on four legs, the scapula is constantly in movement, big movements that originate from close to the spine. Humans tend to keep this area very passive. They might raise their shoulders but the shoulder blades remain locked in the same position. For older people this area tend to become very stiff and unmovable.
The size of a movement does not necessarily indicate it's quality or value (and I'm not just saying that because of my really small penis). Ordinary walking engages almost every joint in the body through every plane of available movement-- it's a remarkably complex and efficient process.
You can talk about societal trends, or the horrors of sitting in front of a computer, etc., but those are all cultural issues, and not inherent in natural human movement.
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