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To make our muscles work again so that we will feel less tired.
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Believe it or not, the reason why it feels so good to stretch and why your body tells you to do it is that it helps to wake you up! When your muscles have been sitting in more or less the same position while you were asleep, they can get tense or stiff.
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www.whyzz.com/why-do-we-stretch-after-waking-up
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Let's say that one of my arms is curled up under my pillow. Regardless of the orientation of my arm, for it to have moved into that position required muscles cooperating in pairs --- so for my arm, my bicep is contracted while my tricep is relaxed.
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www.madsci.org/posts/archives/apr2001/986876841.Me.r.ht...
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Probably to awaken the muscles, as dogs do it too, but why does it feel so GOOD to stretch when you are tired? It is absolutely wonderful. ... Check here and scroll down to Stretch Reflex section... (sorry for the reference to a site but it's too long to quote here)
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www.theanswerbank.co.uk/Body_and_Soul/Question120118.ht...
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Rachel; Wake up. Yawn, stretch, awaken! Lovely. Go to school. Biology! Draw, doodle, go hyper. Almost barf, but not a problem! Go to PE. Mood shot down. Anger, rebellion. Private study. Mm. Maths. Go high! Almost barf. poor, miserable little being who wants to shrivel up and disappear. Give me a hug, even though it...
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[...] Wake Up Feeling Great With These 22 Tips for High Self-Esteem Building high self-esteem is a process, not something you can develop overnight. And this isn’t necessarily easy. Yet, every single person has the capacity of high self-esteem.
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ririanproject.com/2007/02/01/wake-up-feeling-great-with...
ririanproject.com/2007/02/01/wake-up-feeling-great-with-these-22-tips-for-high-self-esteem/
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Denver Officials, Citing Civil Rights, Decide to Bow Out of War on Terror What's up with this? Is Denver trying to hide its sinister role as the Western Sector of the New World Order? See: The KSEO 4/26/96 Interview ... America, WAKE-UP! "Quadrant Sign Code"--EXPOSED! SECRET MILITARY CODES DISCOVERED HIDDEN On ROAD SIGNS!
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www.theforbiddenknowledge.com/hardtruth/wake_up_america...
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As carbon dioxide builds up in the blood, a message to the brain results in signals back to the lungs saying, "Take a deep breath," and a yawn is produced. ... In 1987, Dr. Robert Provine and his coworkers set up an experiment to test the theory that high carbon dioxide/low oxygen blood content causes yawning.
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faculty.washington.edu/chudler/yawning.html
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ChaCha has the answer to this question: Why do we stretch when we wake up or when we're tired Answer: When you wake up, you stretch all your limbs to squeeze out all the... ...MORE... ... When you wake up, you stretch all your limbs to squeeze out all the blood so they can get to all of your muscles after resting.
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