When I reported to Dottie Jackson that a person in my discussion group said he doesn’t hear the word posture used anymore, her response shocked me:
“Don’t use the word posture!”
I didn’t expect her answer and internally climbed on my high horse or as shown above, on my high elk.
“What do you mean don’t say the word posture? Isn’t posture what we’ve been working on since December 21, 2014?”
Luckily, before I expressed my reaction verbally, Dottie explained:
“Posture implies a static pose. What we are aiming for in our work together is ‘vertical energy’. We want you to have a body that finds comfort in being upright and in being flexible, not a statue that could stand on a pedestal.” (This is of course a paraphrase.)
“Posture implies a static pose. What we are aiming for in our work together is ‘vertical energy’. We want you to have a body that finds comfort in being upright and in being flexible, not a statue that could stand on a pedestal.” (This is of course a paraphrase.)
Sapiens by Yuval Noah Harari, is a book I would recommend and is one that our discussion group is now reading. Harari speculates that humans began to stand upright in order to have hands. The first evidence of tool production dates from about 2.5 million years ago.*
Since we haven’t always been upright, I’m speculating that we may still be developing what structural form our species is going to take. If you look at a room full of humans who are peering at computer screens, heads out in front of torsos, would it be too outrageous to picture future humans with necks similar to giraffes? Could this be our next development?
Do you hear the word posture in conversation very often? Please let us know what you think of the “vertical energy” idea.
If you feel grounded to the earth, some say you can feel the earth’s energy in your feet. Do you? What does energy feel like in your body? Where does vertical energy originate?
Who knew there could be so many questions? I hope you share with us your thinking!
Thanks for exploring the mystery – Nicky Mendenhall
*Sapiens, page 10.
If you feel grounded to the earth, some say you can feel the earth’s energy in your feet. Do you? What does energy feel like in your body? Where does vertical energy originate?
Who knew there could be so many questions? I hope you share with us your thinking!
Thanks for exploring the mystery – Nicky Mendenhall
*Sapiens, page 10.