What is the havoc of chairs? At age 5 you may have started to spend most days of your weeks in chairs: wooden, inflexible, unadjustable chairs - in which you may have shimmied around, draped, and otherwise slouched. Slouching is what we do when we are uncomfortable. One might recline far back in the chair, rounding the upper body, and the lower body, and perhaps one leg is positioned over the other leg. Possibly, one sat erect with hips open and ankles crossed under the desk.