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This is an extract from Stretch: Seven daily movements by Roger Frampton (Pavilion Books, £14.99). Photography by Jesse John Jenkins.
As adults we are often in awe of babies and young children who bend, squat and roll around with ease. These effortless movements go way beyond the fact that babies are born with more bones and soft cartilage than adults. If that were true, flexibility and mobility would be impossible for adults. Similarly, if you travel from the West to other parts of the world, particularly Africa and Asia, you’ll notice not just children but adults, often even the elderly, sitting in a squat position with comfort and ease. These simple movements performed on a daily basis help to keep people mobile and flexible into old age. In contrast, our mostly sedentary Western culture, where we often move from sitting in an office chair all day to the
