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Chairs: One of Our Big Mistakes

Grandma, 82, reading the paper

Grandma, 82, reading the paper

The use of chairs in the West is ubiquitous. One of the most important life style changes I ever made was giving up my use of the chair fifty years ago. Chairs (and sit down toilets) are good examples of my motto, ‘short term pleasure attracts long term pain; short term pain attracts long term pleasure‘. The physical ease a chair provides gradually robs the body of an important part of its natural capability. Over time that bring long term pain. This is easy to see, for example, by comparing older Western people with older Japan people. Continue reading ‘Chairs: One of Our Big Mistakes’