Sitting position for opening bowels
When sitting on the toilet it is more effective to lean foward with your knees raised, slight brought up towards your abdomen. Ideally if a person is too short on the toilet a step is usful in order to maintain this position. The key thing is to get the knees above the hips if this is possible for you. If you haven't got a footstool, you can experiment with items of different heights. An upturned washing up bowl or pile of telephone directories work just as well.
The natural position to have the bowels open is actually squatting but obviously not appropriate in this day and age, so this is the next best position on the toilet.
