" Exact Position ". ... cases where the body has the same exact position at two different points in time or whether you see the term to refer to something very specific that's not repeated.

I am trying to distinguish between the position you think you are in (for want of better wording) v. the actual position (the aimed for position v. reality - if trying to do a pose). Positions can be repeated in my head although the phrase 'you can't cross the same river twice' comes to mind.

What I mean by 'exact position' is consider all the details of the whole body. Becoming aware of the whole though conscious proprioception.

When trying to explain my hypothesis many have asked for specific exercises, but it's about all the possibilities and having a full range of natural movement. Innumerable positions = can't be given a set of instructions. The kind of thought I'm working on but the wording's not great. I've been hung up on positioning because of the requests and trying to get the point across that there is no structured method to follow. Not a routine to copy, not a set of exercises or poses to work through, it's about feeling it for yourself..

You once speak about position as "How you are holding yourself. " afterwards you speak about it as being the sum of how all the joints in the body are positioned.

Do I? I can't see where. I want to shift the focus away from the positioning of joints and onto the condition of the main muscles when considering posture. (unless you mean in the current methods of postural analysis which focus far too much on the spine and joints in my opinion).

I see the human body as constantly being in movement,

it's questionable to strive to optimize for the body being in a specific static position

I agree. I want to use words like flow and fluid and dynamic. I'm not encouraging static poses, they are examples of "end-points" It's about regaining a full range of movement to be able to get to those points ...

I don't see an argument in your post why you believe this "good posture" to be desirable.

It's the bit you quoted.

"With a good posture the body feels comfortable at rest. Movement is smooth and free, with a sense of balance and ease"

It is a big claim - It's how I feel. It's what I feel, but I've never liked the wording (felt more like propaganda and so I've deleted it - thank you for the push... ). So I ask myself why I believe this good posture is desirable? Because focusing on these 5 main muscles of movement has changed my life and I feel better than I ever have done before, which I'll cover a bit in my next post - but my experiences are only hearsay. With this 'good posture' things feels natural, movement is easy, my body strong and balanced.

person with a smooth heart rate with little variation is stressed (they have high HRV)

HRV = heart rate variability? A smooth heart rate has a low HRV I would have thought?

I would expect that very smooth movement always comes with stress and that a sense of ease usually correlates with a bit of entropy (and thus nonsmoothness) in the movement.

This I would disagree with. Relaxed movement feels smooth and easy. A stressed body is tense and trembly.

A calm body has a lower respiratory rate (and therefore an increase in respiratory sinus arrhythmia i.e. increased HRV?- I'm just basing that on canine cardiology - it's a marked phenomenon in the species!)

Thank you for your thoughts, it's given me more to think about and assessing what I am trying to say!

Thank you for the suggestion. I just had a look at creating one but possible titles that came to mind ranged from crappy to cringe-worthy - I guess I'm not ready yet. Feedback and further thoughts means editing . It's all just words after the anatomy ....

Thanks for the link, an interesting read but phrases like

"You need to get your spine in the right position and brace it properly"

get me gnashing my teeth these days...

It is muscles that create our posture, that position the spine and other joints, and so we should focus on our muscles for improved posture.

I've had a total re-write of this post (I can't even remember the original title!) so I thought it better to create a new (and hopefully improved) attempt at what I really want to say - here [? · GW].