A Question of Posture

It wasn't too many years ago when this picture would have made me uncomfortable. Such displays seemed....well, too attention-getting.

Well, I've mellowed out a bit, and in personal and corporate worship am often in this very position. So here's the question of the day: Is there an appropriate posture(s) for worship? I know all the Biblical examples: kneeling, standing, laying prostrate, etc. And I know all the cultural examples, as well: clapping, dancing, hanky-waving, and so forth. Yet are these some postures (or expressions) that we as worship leaders see as better than others? Is God moving more powerfully if people are prostrate, as opposed to simply raising hands?

We cannot reduce authentic worship to outward form, nor do we marginalize those who, for various reasons, cannot 'express' in these ways. But the connection between spiritual vitility and physical expression is both valid and validated. We are people, body and soul. Worship is more than a cerabral event - at best, it's full-orbed and whole-bodied. Are we ready for the that in our churches? Really?