There's another interpretation of shukling. Not all Jews do this, but those who do are doing two things:
1. Involving the entire body in prayer, not just the voice and the mind (it's also why Jews in "silent" prayer are actually whispering -- it involves the breath and the inner organs in the prayer process), and this is usually what's going on if a person sways from side to side; and
2. Constantly bowing before God, which is what's often happening when someone is swaying from front to back or down and up.
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