The Health Postures & Their Stages of Accomplishment

Figure 2 shows the completion of the squat, with the armpits right over the knees. The thighs support the abdomen. The feet are flat on the floor and stay there. Now the rocking motion is started from the anterior to the posterior - forward and backward - then laterally, from one side to the other; and also rotating around the center pivot of the spine. The latter is like the side movement, but it adds a twisting stretch to the muscles of the pelvis.

These gentle efforts of rocking make one forget the posture, by taking the stress and strain away from one set of muscles and throwing them on the opposite group, like a teeter-totter. This is very useful in accomplishing the posture and for resting the muscles alternately. It also has a stimulating effect through polarity function, from the positive to the negative side, around an imaginary neuter [neutral] line of gravity, through the center of the spine.

The hands are stretched out, but do not touch the floor. This is merely for assurance until the posture becomes steady and natural while the rocking is done.

Great relaxation is attained, as the armpits rest right on the knees; it also adds the polarity action of the fields to its value.

The posture, including the rocking, can all be done in one minute, once it has been mastered.