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It is easy and bracing and is a vital first blow in our battle against bad posture
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You may feel you are too sleepy to do them then but you will find that some of the asanas are very bracing owing to their stimulating effect on the nervous system and soon give you a wide-awake feeling
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So, starting with one of those bracing exercises, here is a ten-minute practice schedule which is not beyond the means of anyone
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Tom found that he was bracing himself to ameliorate the effects
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Where I had the bracing underneath the poker table was thick 1 inch plywood
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his friend the reins of his beloved donkey, bracing himself
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She planted one foot in the snow, bracing for the cat to lunge
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Penelope did the same, bracing as her eyes darted around the large room
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He was invigorated by the air and the bracing wind and the sight of the vanishing ball of the sun which was turning the sky a rich shade of orange
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His knees hit the seabed and he stood, bracing himself against the incoming waves breaking against his back, feeling the exhilaration flood through his body
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Outside, the night air was cold and bracing, and in the black vault of
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William was bracing himself for a rebuttal from Clarence
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I pushed back against my chair without meaning to, my feet bracing against the ground
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I returned the photo and rolled out of bed with a groan, bracing myself for the difficulty of standing and facing another day
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I could see the last few men and women gathered around me and Falconi, bracing themselves for a last stroke, a last defiant kill, their faces grim but flushed red from the heat of the battle
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Sitting beside the Russian in the jeep’s front seat, Colling held onto the windshield with his right hand while bracing himself with his left hand against the dashboard
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She had forgotten how bracing and stimulating he could be
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Bracing his hands on either side of the cracked porcelain sink,
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Bracing his arms on either side of the porthole, Cloud inhaled
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Busy bracing for war,
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Far below him Joshua still stood, bracing himself with that magnificent old standard
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purpose of collectively bracing ourselves, either; there was
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General Nail spurred his horse, moving himself behind the men bracing for the enemy
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Bracing for their next action as best his weakened body could
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When the sun shone it was delightful; when cold, bracing; when wet, horrible
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Tristan’s eyes are worried, and I realize suddenly that my head is in his lap and his hands are bracing either side of my face
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” Maurice sat, bracing himself
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She lifted his head up, then rocked her rear slowly, bracing herself
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The hillmen held the ridges, and the mercenaries, gripping their dipping pikes, bracing their feet in the bloody earth, held the Pass
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Bracing their feet in the wallowing sea of blood whose crimson waves lapped about their ankles, the pikemen in the Pass mouth drove forward, crushing strongly against the milling ranks before them
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Tito sprang to take his place, and Conan, bracing his feet wide on the heaving poop-deck, lifted his bow
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Conan hurled the flopping corpse to the floor, turned to the sword again and gripped the hilt with both hands, bracing his feet against the floor
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If you don’t have a tripod, you can still take quality photos by bracing yourself while shooting
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In February, when the sixteen sons of Colonel Aureli-ano Buendía returned, still marked with the cross of ashes, Aureliano Triste spoke to them about Rebeca in the tumult of the celebration and in half a day they restored the appearance of the house, changing doors and windows, painting the front with gay colors, bracing walls and pouring fresh cement on the floor, but they could not get any authorization to continue the work inside
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centimetres, then a stop while Gupta adjusted his bracing
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seconds to reduce the bracing to rubble and Jo to lead the
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After bracing ourselves, we
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� Bracing herself mentally and physically, Nancy hoped that the sentry would not be a sharp one
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Bracing herself against the beam, Nancy concentrated for a few seconds, then tensed her muscles
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By paying out the rope this way and bracing his body against the solid rock, he should maintain control
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It was then that Max knew they would not make it; he could only sit there bracing himself, as he watched the inevitable
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Bracing themselves against the surge of acceleration, everyone near the monitors could see a decrease in the approach speed of the mass, but it was still closing on them
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‘We’re going to be in Ilfracombe, Devon in three hours’ explains Watkin to the kids as they enjoy the bracing sea air and enjoy wandering around the paddle steamer, looking at its enormous wooden paddle on each side of the boat and the onboard, coal fired steam engines, sending out hisses and snorts as it works
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bracing of three tiers of compartments
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“8 months” he replied bracing himself for the next question
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I stand tall, even angling out a bit over the abyss, bracing against the
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Despite bracing herself in advance, Ingrid felt tears coming to her eyes nearly as soon as she entered the lit garage with Tucker and Bateman: over half of the bodies lined side by side on the concrete floor were of Air Force personnel
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Kitara took her station at tactical, bracing herself for the jump which would give 129
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Bracing himself, Mark was pulled up short by the offer of a length of dirty, clear plastic tubing
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The reason for this is that those who are inebriated flow with the accident, where the non inebriated people tensed their muscles, bracing for impact, and compounded their injuries
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Thalymum sat back on the desk and put his hands on the table, as if bracing
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Even in the valley, the mountain air was cooling, even bracing, and washing and splashing in the river stimulating
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“I wasn’t sure where we were going to be housed but I was bracing myself for the worst
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Bracing ourselves, we caught up with the others, who, despite Ackerly’s advice, hadn’t separated
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Bracing yourself for the unknown you initiate the holy sign the Son of God died on, miming the path of a cross
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Nevertheless, settling in the urban settings, they, as McCauley’s chelas (what a fall for the Hindu gurus of yore), began bracing themselves to take up the clerical spaces that were up for grabs in Bharat’s administrative corridors
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‘What?’ My eyes narrowed with caution, bracing for the torrent of grief she would send my way
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With a bracing breath, she stepped out of the alley and walked toward the entrance to the
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” She leaned in, bracing herself on Cam’s shoulder as she tried to tuck one foot beneath her on the seat
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With a bracing breath, Norah squared her shoulders and stepped back to face the music with all the gravity and enthusiasm of meeting a firing squad
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He gritted his teeth, bracing for the impact
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With a bracing breath, she took the leap
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” Bracing her hands on his shoulders, she leapt, wrapping her legs around his waist and fusing her mouth to his
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and then her foot is on the gas pedal, behind her Beatrice is screaming, and next to her the man who still might be crazy is bracing his hands on the dash
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Inwardly bracing herself for whatever he was about to tell her, Kathy balled her hands so tightly into fists the whites of her knuckles showed, as she waited for the proverbial axe to fall
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Bracing herself, inwardly, for whatever was to come, Kathy bravely asked Nick what they’d uncovered…
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He carefully rose and turned to sit while bracing the hinged piece from clanging back down, and once he’d lowered it carefully back into place he squatted, breathing hard, peering all around the dimly lit surroundings
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Bracing her arms on the railing, she watches the last of the night's starry horizon turn slowly indigo blue
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” Mike heaved himself through a narrow opening in the leafy ferns and bent over, bracing his hands on his knees as he fought to catch his breath
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Barnes was unable at the moment to induce herself to be frank, and she returned to the subject she has already treated very fully since her arrival, the wonderful bracing air up here and her great and grateful appreciation of it
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“Josh? Are you okay?” Kait said, bracing me against the wall of the elevator
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The April baby was a weak little creature in her first years, and the doctor ordered as specially bracing a seaside resort frequented solely by the middle classes, and there for three succeeding years I took her; and while she rolled on the sands and grew brown and lusty, I was dull, and fell to watching the other tourists
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I drew a sharp breath and held it, bracing myself for the worst
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In spite of the heat I felt as if it were the most bracing air I had yet come across on my journey
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What poor children want, poor frail children, so infinitely apt to fall, so infinitely clumsy at getting up, is a continual wiping out and never thinking again of the yesterdays, a daily presentation by authority to yesterday's stumblers of that most bracing object, the cleaned and empty slate
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Eventually he had no choice but to return to the latent tributary, bracing himself for the flash flood he had dreamt up that very night
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“Getting woolly out there it's true,” came the thick Bristol accent, cracking its R's with bracing enthusiasm
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When she had been up and dressed two months and still lay about on sofas being religious, Herr Dremmel, who was patient but slowly becoming conscious that there was an atmosphere of _chapelle ardente_ about his parlour on his coming into it with the innocent briskness of a good man to his supper, though perhaps the Meuk doctor, who by now was a familiar feature in his life, had better come over and advise; and so it was that Ingeborg went to Zoppot, that bracing and beautiful seaside resort near Danzig, leaving her home for the first time since her marriage, going indeed with as much unwillingness as so will-less a person could possess, but sent off regardless of her moist opposition by the doctor, who would not even allow her to take Robertlet and Ditti with her
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“I was born in 1885,” he replied, bracing himself in assumption that I would freak out
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Who but knows the inward peace that descends upon him who makes good resolutions and abides with him till he suddenly discovers they have all been broken? And what does the breaking of them matter, since it is their making that is so wholesome, so bracing to the soul, bringing with it moments of such extreme blessedness that he misses much who gives it up for fear he will not keep them? Such blessed moments of lifting up of the heart were Priscilla's as she sat in the churchyard waiting, invisibly surrounded by the most beautiful resolutions it is possible to imagine
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The pure air and rapid motion of the motoring intended to revive and brace his little love were apparently reviving and bracing his little love's aunt as well, for lately he had been unable to avoid noticing a tendency on her part to assert herself
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'Oh, a _very_ good idea,' said Lucy mechanically, bracing herself for the library
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… and then her foot is on the gas pedal, behind her Beatrice is screaming, and next to her the man who still might be crazy is bracing his hands on the dash
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When they awoke they would find British brokers bracing themselves
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These things served as a bracing reminder that she was not in the States but somewhere entirely new
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He wasn’t leaning against his truck anymore but bracing back and forth on his short legs
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Bracing the organ with his other hand, Popearae dabbed the heart with slow, gentle pads
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She charged the sound, shield held just high enough that she could still see over the top, already bracing for the large spider leaping at her
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I rushed for the shower to forestall second thoughts, had a quick bracing dose of cold and warm water and was out in a jiffy
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Bo closed his eyes, bracing himself for the pain of the club
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The call-box door was made of some super-dense form of translucent lead and it was only by bracing his feet against the pavement that he somehow managed to haul it open
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Kaya squeezed his hand, bracing for the final question
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Don Quixote promised to follow his advice scrupulously, and it was arranged forthwith that he should watch his armour in a large yard at one side of the inn; so, collecting it all together, Don Quixote placed it on a trough that stood by the side of a well, and bracing his buckler on his arm he grasped his lance and began with a stately air to march up and down in front of the trough, and as he began his march night began to fall
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But Don Quixote, supported by his intrepid heart, leaped on Rocinante, and bracing his buckler on his arm, brought his pike to the slope, and said, "Friend Sancho, know that I by Heaven's will have been born in this our iron age to revive revive in it the age of gold, or the golden as it is called; I am he for whom perils, mighty achievements, and valiant deeds are reserved; I am, I say again, he who is to revive the Knights of the Round Table, the Twelve of France and the Nine Worthies; and he who is to consign to oblivion the Platirs, the Tablantes, the Olivantes and Tirantes, the Phoebuses and Belianises, with the whole herd of famous knights-errant of days gone by, performing in these in which I live such exploits, marvels, and feats of arms as shall obscure their brightest deeds
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Shapes bracing the earth and braced with the whole earth
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The princess granted it graciously, and he at once, bracing his buckler on his arm and drawing his sword, hastened to the inn-gate, where the two guests were still handling the landlord roughly; but as soon as he reached the spot he stopped short and stood still, though Maritornes and the landlady asked him why he hesitated to help their master and husband
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As soon as he saw him Don Quixote, bracing his shield on his arm, and drawing his sword, advanced to meet him; the duke with boar-spear did the same; but the duchess would have gone in front of them all had not the duke prevented her
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In the end, though they sought to dissuade him from involving himself in such a challenge, assuring him they admitted his gratitude as fully established, and needed no fresh proofs to be convinced of his valiant spirit, as those related in the history of his exploits were sufficient, still Don Quixote persisted in his resolve; and mounted on Rocinante, bracing his buckler on his arm and grasping his lance, he posted himself in the middle of a high road that was not far from the green meadow
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Conseil made one final effort, and bracing his hands on my shoulders, while I offered resistance with one supreme exertion, he raised himself half out of the water, then fell back exhausted
