Anon - I like your explanation that ""natural" is mostly a measure of what you did in your life up to yesterday." As a person with deep lordosis (lower back curve) I have had to learn the hard way that although it feels "natural" to me, it is not the best shape for the body. All of the major body work schools (Rolfing, Hellerwork, Feldenkrais, Alexander), as well as many schools of yoga (Iyengar in particular) concentrate on getting the bones of the body aligned and one of the main areas is the pelvis. Very few people seem to have a naturally neutral pelvis position. I find that when I can get the nice long lumbar and a relatively neutral pelvis position, I can both extend the back leg better and also it reduces the tendency for me to "fall into" my partner on forward steps.