[Avodah] Swaying During Prayer and Torah Study

[Micha Berger via Avodah]

On Wed, Nov 02, 2016 at 3:58pm EDT, RnTK replied to RSM:
:> WADR to the author, he mixes up several  different things. Shockling is
:> not the same as swaying.....

: Shuckeling and swaying are not two different things, they are two points on 
: a continuum.

Not really, because as Lisa wrote at 9:04pm +0200:
: Physically speaking, standing still for extended periods of time is
: extremely wearying.  Swaying actually makes it easier.

Swaying is actually less work than standing still, whereas shukling is an
action that has the potential to distract.

Or as I noted earlier, to help the davener work himself up. 

I think there is no one-size-fits-all answer to this.

Tir'u baTov!
-Micha