“Great ides originate in the muscle” – Thomas Edison

Watch men and women stand women tend to stand with their legs together but men tend to stand with their legs apart. Standing with legs apart is a little aggressive.
Interestingly women draped in sari’s tend to stand with their legs apart.
When we stretch and take a full stance it makes us feel stronger. While when we cramp we feel smaller.
In a manner of saying re-inventing our body physiology we are able to change our mindset.
Breathing – it is known that pranayama has beneficial effects. It is energizing. Particularly if you exhale slower than inhaling. Like wise inhaling slower than exhaling calms the body down.
Touch – is the earliest source of discovery and a continuing need. Without frequent human contact retardation is seen particularly in children development stops and many a time life goes out.
Sexuality – orgasm and other forms of sexual expression are sources of self affirmations. These are so important that ⅔ of the psychiatrists believe that when deprived of a regular outlet for sexual gratification people nearly always or often enough loose self esteem.
Physical imagery -- the body seems to have its own antennae when sensing degree of esteem or contempt in which similar bodies are held. Example see a movie where a strong women protagonist is seen. Women tend to walk out heads held high after seeing such a movie
Moving in space – freedom to explore our environment and develop our body abilities are a link to intellectual development example autonomy of sexes exists in certain Eskimo tribes here no gender difference was exhibited in the intellectual development as opposed to the marginally superior male intellect exhibited in cultures where women are restricted.
A study on space occupation by individuals showed that people are not comfortable occupying space and tend to curl up.