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Comment author: NancyLebovitz 11 February 2015 05:37:57PM *  0 points [-]

http://franklinmethod.com/latest-news/why-you-shouldnt-grip-your-core-part-2

Explains why pulling your navel towards your back and/or raising your pelvic floor while inhaling makes moving more difficult. Actually, the pelvic floor should increase tone while lengthening during inhalation (this is an eccentric contraction).

For what it's worth, I felt better following the instructions, and I suspect that gripping one's core muscles may be a result of emotional habits as well as a result of following bad advice.