The masculine principle is the path of initiation, penetrating force, insight, and action. The masculine represents activity with purpose and movement with direction.
Western culture emphasizes the masculine style, perhaps to the point of imbalance.
Even people with jobs that are not physically strenuous have tension throughout their bodies as a result of this attitude of intense effort. In truth, achievement and action needn't produce this stress. Getting the job done while staying free and loose in your body requires that your action come from your core. Anatomy and Structure Anatomically, the focus of this section is the upper half of the body, including the arms, shoulders, rib cage, and neck. Our purpose is to free the shoulder girdle and balance it on top of the chest.