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Resting position

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painting of haymakers resting
Pissarro - Haymakers Resting, 1891

A resting position or rest position is a default human position or pose assumed (typically deliberately) when a person is not engaged in an activity that demands some other pose, or between poses.

General rest positions

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Common resting positions of the body include kneeling, leaning, lying, sitting, and squatting. In microgravity, the relaxed human body naturally assumes neutral body posture.[1]

Rest positions in specific activities

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Uniformed officers standing at ease
The Shavasana pose in yoga
Home row on a standard keyboard

A number of disciplines specify particular resting positions, with various purposes.

Body

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Ballet incorporates several resting poses, including a neutral pose described by Cesare Negri and Jacob de Gheyn II with the feet at 45 degrees, back strait, and chin erect.[2] Neoclassical ballet includes a rest or "preparatory" position called "B plus" (possibly named for George Balanchine), also called attitude a terre, in which the standing leg is straight, and the back leg curved with the toe pointed.[3]

Military parade discipline includes standing rest positions, generally assumed following a command of "At ease", "Stand easy", or "Relax".[4][5]

Some forms of yoga incorporate the Shavasana or "Corpse Pose", a rest position used for wakeful relaxation and meditation, often at the end of a session.[6]

Hands and arms

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Gun safety rules generally specify that the trigger finger should not rest on the trigger when not firing, but alongside the trigger guard.[7]

In various sign languages, rest positions may be used to convey grammatical meaning.[8]

In touch typing, the home row is a rest position for the hands, placing all the standard keys within easy reach.[9]

References

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  1. ^ "NASA Standards Inform Comfortable Car Seats". NASA. Retrieved 28 May 2015.
  2. ^ Gilman, Sander L. (February 15, 2018). Stand Up Straight!: A History of Posture. Chapter 5: Dance and the Social Taming of Posture: Reaktion Books. ISBN 9781780239644. Retrieved 18 September 2019.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location (link)
  3. ^ Minden, Gaynor (21 October 2013). "Terms & Positions". Dancer.com. Retrieved 18 September 2019.
  4. ^ Powers, Rod (September 17, 2018). "Individual Drill Commands: How to Execute Drill Commands". Retrieved 18 September 2019.
  5. ^ "Understanding Stationary Drill". Military.com. Retrieved 18 September 2019.
  6. ^ "The History Behind Savasana". Boston Yoga. 6 October 2012. Retrieved 7 March 2017.
  7. ^ Ayoob, Massad (January–February 2007). "The subtleties of safe firearms handling". Backwoods Home Magazine. Retrieved December 22, 2015.
  8. ^ Lackner, Andrea (June 28, 2017). "Sign language has grammar—and it goes way beyond what you do with your hands". Quartz. Retrieved 9 September 2019.
  9. ^ "Home row". Dictionary.com. Retrieved 11 September 2019.