To Stand Correctly

Review and Herald Publishing Association · Washington, D. C. · May 19, 1910

To Stand Correctly

THE correct standing position has been frequently described, but as frequently forgotten, or at least neglected. Chest up is the essential direction, and one might almost say the only one needed, since in lifting the chest the shoulders are at the same time thrown back and down and the abdomen drawn in; to swell the chest with a full, deep breath and to hold the position is the secret of the correct position. The chin should be held in, but not stiffly so, and the weight should be on the balls of the feet instead of on the heels. One can teach one's self to take invariably that position when rising from a chair, at first consciously and afterward unconsciously.—Harper's Bazar.