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Lauxa · 06-05-2008, 01:52 PM

After trying this for 6 weeks, I had a huge breakthrough and energy shift. I am calling this experiment a monumental success.

Of course, there's no "proof" that adjusting my posture triggered the mental shift, but I suspect that it did. Emotions and physiology are so closely tied together, and when I was slouched forward all the time it sent a constant signal to my brain that I was depressed. Adopting posture #2 sent different signals to my brain. I felt more arrogant and my anger felt more outward-directed than inward-directed when I used this posture. It shifted me from my habitual thought patterns just enough to allow me to transcend them completely.

I no longer use posture #2 very often and am pretty solid on maintaining posture #3 most of the time.

06-05-2008, 01:52 PM	#7 (permalink)
Lauxa Family Member Join Date: Nov 2006 Posts: 2,545	6 weeks After trying this for 6 weeks, I had a huge breakthrough and energy shift. I am calling this experiment a monumental success. Of course, there's no "proof" that adjusting my posture triggered the mental shift, but I suspect that it did. Emotions and physiology are so closely tied together, and when I was slouched forward all the time it sent a constant signal to my brain that I was depressed. Adopting posture #2 sent different signals to my brain. I felt more arrogant and my anger felt more outward-directed than inward-directed when I used this posture. It shifted me from my habitual thought patterns just enough to allow me to transcend them completely. I no longer use posture #2 very often and am pretty solid on maintaining posture #3 most of the time.