The Posture of The Praying Mantis | A New Year

The Praying Mantis is a highly esteemed insect across many cultures. Widely known for its posture and stance, the Praying Mantis, like many insects and other animals, possesses mannerisms or characteristics linked to its natural and innate creative expressions and purpose.

Known for its calm, solitary nature, the Praying Mantis’s posture helps it survive in the wild and makes it an important part of the ecosystem, despite its thin, fragile appearance.

As we enter the New Year, it’s wise to remain mindful of the praying mantis’s posture—still, alert, and balanced.

The Praying Mantis Posture

As mentioned earlier, the Praying Mantis may look fragile and easy to catch, but its instincts and defensive posture help it survive in nature.

Praying Mantis Posture Includes:

• CAMOUFLAGE | Praying Mantises can mimic leaves, twigs, or flowers, blending in wherever they are. (Kline, E | BeCause).

• ENHANCED VISION | Praying Mantises can turn their heads up to 180 degrees, helping them spot food and stay safe from predators (Kline, E | BeCause).

• SPEED | Praying Mantises are very fast, grabbing insects in just 50-70 milliseconds, which is about six times faster than a blink (PrepScholar).

• FLEXIBLE | Praying Mantises can jump with great accuracy, twisting their bodies in the air to land exactly where they want (Treehugger).

• PEST CONTROL | Praying Mantises help protect crops, plants, and gardens by controlling pests (UF | IFAS). Because they eat pests and are also prey, they play an important role in the ecosystem (UF | IFAS).

A Posture for The New Year

The Praying Mantis's meditative, self-control, and prayerful stance is a posture to remember for the New Year.

A posture of learning not to hide but camouflage or "position" oneself against unwanted or harmful gestures. A posture of enhancing your vision to be attentive to your surroundings – externally and internally. A posture of speed, not merely to move fast, but promptly and prepared. A posture of flexibility in movement (thoughts and actions), to navigate challenges. A posture of support, not to control others or environments, but being an aide to “remove” and “sustain” of things that do and do not belong.

Not through perfection, but keep the posture of the Praying Mantis for the New Year!

1 Thessalonians 5:17 | Pray Continually............