If you're one of my Facebook pagers, you might be wondering what's with this whole footstool and toilets thing that I've been going on about recently..? If you're not on Facebook then I have a confession: footstools and toilets are a match made in heaven in my 'wee' (and 'poo') world!
We can ALL do this one, no excuses, no effort required (other than purchasing said footstool - the wee kiddie toilet steps you can get are perfect) - just healthier, happier, easier pooing and peeing. What's not to like?
We were designed to squat to pee and poo. Now in the western world we don't, we sit. As comfortable as that may feel for us on the legs, it isn't making it particularly comfortable for us on the inside. The squatting position places our pelvis and lower intestines all at the best angle to allow gravity to do a good bit of our poo'ing effort for us. See the diagram to the right.
Ok, so there ain't one of us I bet who is willing to yank out our toilet bowl and replace it with the two feet squatting pan that you may have encountered out east ways in the world. So here's where the footstool comes in. Pop it under your feet when you're on the loo and we mimic the squat angle, without you having to train yourself up to full squatability. Voila!
Now, in terms of peeing, the stool lifts your knees above your hips softening the hip flexors and placing your pelvis in a nice upright position for your pelvic floor to be able to relax as it needs to. You are then quite literally 'ready to pour'* with gravity giving you a helping hand along the way and you having much more control over your preferred pouring pace.
So, in essence, that's the wonders of the footstool. Go get one, no excuses!
* big thanks to one of my workshop attendees for this beautiful image!
Til tomorrow then..... :-)
CT :-) X
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