I was at a recent Alexander Technique workshop, and some of the teachers had been observing how two year olds crawl.

If you've had any experience with two year olds, you know they can cover ground at an astonishing rate.

The thing is, adults typically crawl with their faces perpendicular to the ground, and crawling feels clumsy and unpleasant.

Two year olds crawl with their faces at 45 degrees to the ground, and a gentle curve through their upper backs.

Crawling that way gives access to a surprisingly strong forward impetus.

The relevance to rationality and to akrasia is the implication that if something seems hard, it may be that the preconditions for making it easy haven't been set up.