Perfect Poise, Perfect Life
Bring your body into balance and revolutionise your life
By Noel Kingsley
Publisher Hodder Mobius
AVAILABLE HERE
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Look up
I always find it helpful to remind myself to look up and out when I'm walking. It's so easy to look down at the pavement or our feet to make sure we don't trip or slip on something, but by looking down we're encouraging ourselves to stoop, lean forward off balance and generally shorten in stature. This will cause us to to tighten our muscles in order to prevent ourselves from falling, consequently general stiffness, lower back ache, stiff neck and tight calves will become the norm. By looking up and about when we're walking we will be able to more easily keep our balance and lengthen in stature if we choose rather than shorten.
Looking out is great too as we can see so much more of life around us. Next time you're out walking experiment with looking up at everything around you and also above eye level. There are so many interesting buildings to see. Also try looking right into the distance down the road or street beyond your normal viewing distance. This is also good for our eyes as we extend our focus beyond what's close so exercising our long distance vision. It's so easy when in towns and cities to just look 2-20 metres ahead, but we could possibly look a lot further....maybe half a mile or so! It can put a different perspective on life.
