There is another triangulation of forces that occur with this figure (fig. 15). While doing the Pyramid and exerting pressure high on your hips, in a downward direction, you can adjust your upper back, from your neck to a spot in the middle of your shoulder blades. Push down and, at the same time, do a sit up. (Fig. 16). That is, while pushing down, raise your upper part of your body as much as you can. Use your elbows for support and as an aid in lifting your upper body in the sit up position. There will actually be partial sit ups. Its very difficult to raise your body very far...but you can raise your body far enough to exert the pressure needed to cause the desired results. The muscles of your back will be tight but the energy you are exerting is in a straight line and it will translate into pressure to align the vertebrae in the upper part of the back. Again, use the Horizon Focal Point Imagery Technique to create and maintain a straight line from your head, down your spine, through the line created by placing your feet sole to sole and on to that distant focal point on the imagined horizon. Now move your arms to the middle of your legs and exert a downward force. While doing this, do another sit up. This will translate into a strengthening force just beneath your shoulder blades. To make the cycle complete, move your hands even lower on your legs and exert the downward force while doing another sit up. Don't worry about not being able to do a regular sit up. All you need to do is raise the upper part of your body as far as you can while exerting the downward energy. This last pressure will translate into a straightening tendency in the lower part of the upper back.

So you see, fellow sufferers, by exerting the energy downward while doing the Pyramid Position and utilizing the Horizon Focal Point Imagery you can adjust the upper part of the lower back, the middle of your lower back and the very base of your lower back. By doing a sit up (raising your upper body while pushing down) you can adjust the upper part of the upper back, the middle of the upper back and the lower part of the upper back.

Figure 15

When the hands are placed on the thigh at the base of a triangle the corresponding pressure is felt at the tip of that pyramid.

A farther refinement is incorporating a deep breathing technique with your exercise program. As you push down, breathe in deeply. Experiment with this. The mechanics of this breathing exercise is to fill the lungs and exert an upward pressure while at the same time exerting a downward pressure with your upper back and arms.

THE LOWER BACK MUST BE RELAXED. CONSTANTLY WORK ON RELAXING THE LOWER BODY WHILE EXERTING THE DOWNWARD PRESSURE. THEREIN LIES CONTROL...THEREIN LIES SUCCESS...THEREIN LIES SALVATION.