Theory on the center of the individual and the body’s adapted response:

When asked where in your body “you” reside, most modern people will point to their head.

This hasn’t always been the case. In the past, people would pick the heart or chest as their center.

I suspect this difference in perception has a physiological impact on how we feel and carry our bodies.

When the head is perceived as our center the locus of bodily function moves upward. Breathing happens in the chest. Our shoulders and upper back carry upward tension.

People forget the connection they have to the ground, through their feet. The whole body experiences the head as the center of gravity.

When the heart or torso is perceived as our center the area from which we control the body is much lower.

Breathing happens in the belly. The tension in our backs and shoulders is pulling down and back. We reconnect our center with hips and down thru our feet. Our bodily gravity is experienced through the solar plexus.

The whole body is subconsciously drawn to the place where “you” reside and acts accordingly.