e body by which it rests easily upon one foot while the other
leg and hip are perfectly free. The body is also perfectly free to pivot
and to pass the weight to the other foot.

The recommendation to "stand tall" is more or less helpful, but there
must be some qualification. Stand tall, but not with rigidity or
stiffness. The body must be elastically and sympathetically tall, and
also sympathetically expanded, man must stand as if held up from above
rather than from below, expanded and elevated by feeling and thought
rather than by mere will. The centrality, ease and harmony of the poise
are of more importance than the tallness.

When one stands properly on one foot a spiral line from the top of the
head to the foot is developed. The head inclines slightly toward the
side that bears the weight, the torso slightly inclines in opposition
and the active lower limb takes a slightly opposite inclination. This
line which has been called the line of beauty is very common in nature.
It is found all over the human body.

When the face is animated with joy and gentleness, such spiral curves
appear in all directions. The presence of this line is an element of a
beautiful face and of a graceful body.

The beneficial effects of such a poise are seen at once. The breathing
is free. When a person stands in bad poise there is constriction of the
respiratory muscles so that he is uneasy, he shifts from foot to foot.
But when one stands in stable equilibrium, he stands restfully, easily
and gracefully, and can move in any direction freely. His body also
becomes expressive and acts under the dominion of feeling.

2. HOW TO WALK

The character of a person's position in standing will determine the
character of the walk. If one has learned to stand in stable equilibrium
he will walk suggesting repose. If he stand in a discordant poise he
will walk in a discordant chaotic way and will be continuously fighting
to stand up.

When a person stands in an accordant poise the walk is a progression
forward and a levitation upward rhythmically and freely, the spiral
lines alternating with every step.

Every line of the body acts rhythmically. There is not only rhythmical
alternation of the lower limbs and of the movements of the weight from
foot to foot but all the lines of the body alternate rhythmically.

A good walk is the carrying out of a man's purpose. Accordingly there is
an attraction forward and upward at the summit of the chest.