Perfect Posture: May 2007

About the Book

Perfect Posture explains why and how standing in a particular manner properly proportions and evenly tones your body front to back and side to side from top to bottom. It's the upright position of alignment where a continuos slight tension in muscle tissue, called tonus, is coursing evenly through all the muscles of the body. With practice, this position of alignment can be maintained without conscious effort, even while standing and feeling relaxed. This book, and this blog, is dedicated to sharing and explaining techniques to help you achieve Perfect Posture. The price of the book, shipping and handling is cheaper than even one payment on most of the many exercise machines advertised on television. Your mind and body are the only pieces of equipment used with Perfect Posture. They are infinately more convenient because they're with you all the time. No setting aside time to use, setup, use, or put away. Since you can use them all the time everywhere, they are infinately more effective. Buy the book and take the time to develope the habit of Perfect Posture. See why it's time to say "let your posture be your exercise and your exercise be your posture."

Tuesday, May 29, 2007

My First Attempt

My first attempt @ posting a blog,
Read Perfect Posture. I think you will find it a surprisingly new approach to postural hygiene and a stimulating departure from conventional wisdom.
David Paul, RN

Friday, May 18, 2007

Cultural Habits Entrenched

Cultural habits become entrenched at an early age, so it feels natural to stand in an anatomically incorrect manner as you age. It causes no immediate discomfort or notice. Therefore it’s no surprise that the idea of habits causing alterations in the body’s form and function is not as plain as the nose in front of your face. You probably seldom picture your nose and what it’s doing because you’re immersed in your body. You probably seldom picture your cultural habits and what they’re doing because you’re immersed in everyday activities. I’ll compare other cultures to Western culture. In this way, you can see that all cultures have comparable characteristics that alter the body’s natural form. The differences are just a matter of:

1) The degree of departure from the natural body position;
2) The rationale for a particular position;
3) The body part or parts affected.

Wednesday, May 16, 2007

Outside Influences

To understand what Perfect Posture is and how to get it, you should understand why posture is not perfect and how it becomes so. There are “cultural” or “outside” influences that encourage behaviors and related positions. These behaviors and positions then become habits. When these positions are held continuously, repetitively, or both, they alter the body’s form. Imperfect posture might be defined as “an alteration in the body’s natural form due to birth defect, illness, injury or behavior”. Behaviors can include an association with an object or artifact. These behaviours are the most common causes of body alterations – in other words: poor posture. I will go over these behaviors in later postings.