Masculine Poise

Masculine Poise...

...and what each man guides himself with, from natural posture and way of speaking, to nurtured, aspirational and imposed traits.

There is calmer, more graceful:

flow, unfettered, calm, easy, joyful.

There is the performative:

including, but not limited to: aloof, stoic, ardent, japester.

Social media is a performance. My professional head shots are a prime example.

Given that we are both a co-operative and competitive tribal species, all things are inevitable.

We mostly live bio-socially (term from Ray Ison), our body-minds dancing and fighting our ways to survive and thrive.

We don't always get things pristinely ordered: I will state now that nobody does.

It helps to have a smile and laugh at the divine comedy of it.

I hope we can continue to enhance co-operation more.

However, SOME men skew slightly more towards aggressiveness. NOT ALL MEN.

Whether you're a man or a woman,

having simple daily practice of slow, calming breath can help to smooth out any unwanted spikes of ferocity.

And it helps to have a laugh at our own

P.S. I don't drink, I just love the advert.

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