Topics to be explored:

1--Alternatives to the chair. Other types of seats which allow autonomous sitting. All the various methods, of using these seats.

2--Alternatives to sitting. Not everything has to be done sitting down. Alternatives such as lying, walking, and standing actually work quite well for certain activities.

3--How to incorporate movement into sitting.

4--How to move with ease to prevent injuries and stress. This would include Alexander Technique principles and practices, as well as the proper way to carry things when walking.

5--Breathing awareness.

6--The process of bone and joint degeneration and atrophy (osteoporosis) caused by mineral loss, and proven methods to reverse and prevent this. Science and nutrition will be applied to rebuilding and regenerating the human body.

7--Challenges to sitting caused by injuries and creative methods to get around them. Also such topics as sciatica and carpo tunnel syndrome.

8--Exercises and stretches for more flexibility and circulation.

9--Therapy and intervention for becoming more loose, flexible and present in your body.

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Editor Patrick Clark, co-owner of Carolina Morning Designs, has been researching and writing about ergonomics and somatics for over ten years. He was editor of Kokopelli Notes: The Journal of Self-Propelled Transportation (1990-1994) and has published articles in numerous magazines. His interest in sitting began with an interest in human locomotion and the history of transportation, from a cultural, lifestyle, and environmental perspective. He realized the same principles of human locomotion were actually the building blocks of proper meditation practice, and became a meditation consultant with Carolina Morning Designs.