What is it you think is really synthetic about our culture? Understanding the history of that thing might lead you to greater clarity.

I think it's pretty cool that you commit yourself to physical traditional living. I do the same thing, although instead of elements exposure, I subject myself to rather rigorous physical training that challenges the myriad of possible expressions of the human form. Instead of solely analyzing traditional approaches to movement and physical expression, however, I take it upon myself to try to understand the varied expressions of the human body based on current understandings of anatomy and exercise science.

I don't know the actual numbers, but if you take into account the number of bones and muscles in the human body, and the different ways they can move, I believe there actually is a "fixed number" which demarcates all the different ways the human body can move. Fascinating! I hope to someday have something like an "optimal aptitude" of these possible physical expressions.