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immediate area which provides him a shield of certainty and control Take this shield for |
yourself wherever you go Feel complete ownership of the space around you Wherever you |
are is your territory because you are in it |
Walk with Exaggerated Posture |
When first went out on long walks exaggerating my posture and standing tall could tell that |
other pedestrians questioned my motives looking suspicious or even offended Some people |
seemed incensed at seeing me standing vertically and looking upwards My posture looked fake |
because was forcing myself to stand straight without the healthy postural tone that should |
accompany it Ironically the best way to develop this musculature is to fake it standing |
straighter and taller than our body is accustomed Once the postural muscles strengthen |
standing erect will look genuine and people will not question it |
Walking Exercise Take A Walk with Exaggerated Posture |
Take a walk in an area where you can avoid worrying about other people judging you Walk |
for two minutes with greatly exaggerated posture Stand tall and straight Use the five tenets |
of optimal posture as well as the antilaxity method from Chapter The contractions |
involved should start to fatigue after a few minutes Once they do continue to walk but rest |
your postural muscles completely for at least a minute Repeat By letting the muscles go |
limp you are giving them the break they need to regenerate |
Pease dont take it overboard Other pedestrians may be provoked if they can tell that |
some of your nonverbals are consistent with overcompensation They may assume that you are |
putting on a ruse and feel compelled to put you back in your place You want to avoid this |
PROGRAM PEACE Self Care Exercises to Reprogram Your Mind and Body |
so be measured and conservative around others as you gradually transform your victim walk |
into a victor walk This is also why at first chose to walk and stretch in uncrowded outdoor |
places either at dusk or after dark Find a safe welllit park or boulevard where you still have |
the bit of privacy you need to really swagger Strut creatively channeling the gamut of your |
favorite personality types |
You can work on the timing of your steps by stepping to music It is as easy as ensuring that |
your foot strikes the ground on every beat Try stomping around your block with headphones |
on If you let nothing but the drums determine the cadence of your footfall you will learn to |
walk unhesitatingly Within two hour of cumulative practice your rhythmic flow will be |
masterful You can incorporate a twostep a spin or turn and a crossstep where you are |
walking sideways and one foot crosses over the other |
Optimal posture only looks natural if it is clear that a person has spent a lot of time there |
and has interacted with ordinary loads and forces from that position To get your optimal |
posture looking authentic spend time creating these loads and forces using antirigidity |
Perform Antirigidity Exercises While Walking |
The majority of this books exercises can be performed while walking but the following |
exercises are specifically for your walks |
Many people rarely lift their arms above their head because they are afraid it will make |
others uncomfortable This complete disuse results in muscle dormancy and neglect of entire |
sections of the cervical and thoracic spine The first part of Exercise below involves |
extending the arms directly above the head with the neck retracted If you do this while |
employing the antirigidity method from Chapter for three cumulative hours you will find |
that your cervical spine is completely resituated You will also invalidate any fears or |
reservations about lifting your arms in public The following exercises offer similar postures that |
you can employ antirigidity within You might take light weights eg one to five pounds with |
you to accentuate the forces at play |
Walking Exercise Neck Antirigidity While Walking |
Walk for one minute in each of the following configurations while using the antirigidity |
protocol |
Raise the hands and arms directly above the head for a few minutes at a time with the |
neck retracted You can hold your hands straight up or slightly outward making a V |
for victory Search for the achiest configurations and contract your way into them |
Hug yourself Try to grab your shoulder blades with your fingertips as you inch you |
fingers toward your spine Do so while varying the retraction of your neck and the |
position of your shoulders rooting around for anything that will lead to a crack |
Arch the chest inward as far as it will go Again this is called thoracic kyphosis in the |
medical world and a hollow in the gymnastics world Hugging yourself should give |
you an idea of how to do this Next do the opposite and arch the chest outward |
Then do it laterally to each side |
Clasp the hands together in front of you and form the same inward chest arch or |
kyphotic hollow from Extend the arms as far forward as they will go and press |
Chapter Use Optimal Posture and Antirigidity While Walking |
them together so that you can contract into dormant muscles along the collar bone |
and shoulder girdle |
Place one hand in the air and the other at your waist Reach as high as you can with |
the hand in the air and as low as you can with your hand at your waist Pivot around |
in this position hunting for frailty to flex within Switch arms and repeat |
Stand straight with the elbows bent As you press them toward the ground make |
small circles with the elbows as if you were flapping chicken wings Scour for frailty in |
the area between your neck and shoulder blades |
Walk with your hands out to the side at degrees making a t with your body Try |
to bring different aspects of your shoulder blade muscles to fatigue |
Walk with your hands clasped behind your back and play with how this changes the |
forces between your shoulder blades |
IMlustration Positions for upperbody antirigidity while walking |
Refresh Your Muscles While Walking |
Walking requires only a very narrow range of spinal motion The tension created by walking |
within this limited range can pull a misaligned spine even further out of alignment This is why |
the longer you walk the more you tend to ache Simply squatting momentarily holding a static |
lunge or reaching over to touch your toes can completely relieve this by pushing major muscles |
through their full range This is why highly recommend that you do each of these things after |
every halfmile that you cover |
When you need a break from walking Stop and crouch down into a low squat |
Straighten your back and flex your ankles knees hips and spine Then stand and place your |
fists on your lower back with your elbows at degrees pointed behind you You can then |
bend backwards in this position pressing your fists into your mid and lower back for five to |
seconds to achieve a full back extension |
Next use a full back flexion as a counterpose Slowly bend forward to touch your toes To |
make this easier you can support your descent by placing your hands on your upper thighs and |
sliding your hands over your knees down the shins and toward the feet Stop for a moment in |
forward fold and then raise up the way that you went in |
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Illustration Antirigidity poses to use while taking a break from walking |
To make these forward bends harder you can cradle your head in your hands as pictured |
below and press it toward the ground to engage your neck extensors This will intensify the |
active forces in your neck and lower back For another variation try this with your legs spread |
two to three feet apart or try it with one leg two to three feet in front of the other think |
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