Woodworking: how to use your most important tool (your own body)

This is my first post on a DIY-related theme!  Yet using your body correctly when planing, sawing and chiselling is just as important as it is for any other activity, and the principles are the same.  Issues of stance, balance and alignment are discussed in Jeff Miller's book, The Foundations of Better Woodworking - how to use your body, tools and materials to do your best work.  Tips for applying force include:

• Use your weight and proper position, not strength
• Don't be lazy about changing your position or that of the workpiece 
• Don't over-reach

There is also advice that Alexander Technique afficionados will recognise as the equivalent of 'Don't endgain':

• Don't work harder than you have to...Any time you have to push or strain...or you get tense about something you are doing, it will impact your accuracy; it's extremely difficult to work hard and precisely at the same time.

I confess I do worry that Jeff will have problems with his neck if he frequently adopts the position shown in the cover photograph...

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