Motion can help those with sedentary lifestyles to achieve muscle tone. Energy is exerted by the shifting body-weight back & forth, slowing respiration and lowering blood pressure. You can rock away depression, stress, & lose some weight all at once. (An average 150lb person burns 68 calories/hour sitting still and 150 calories/hour rocking in a chair.) - See more at: http://www.furniturenewyork.org/blog/?p=283#sthash.0m0wToSY.dpuf