Ananda Mahony
NaomiMind, body and spirit...The Alexander Technique
September 15th 2006 00:09
Bad Posture - PHOTO: Goldstein
He started to relax his body and restrained from moving unecessarily whilst practicing. Very soon, he began to see an incredible improvement in his ability to perform. He also noticed that he was no longer losing his voice.
He trained himself to breathe, hold his body better and paid a lot more attention to his posture. As a result he began to feel healthier and more confident.
Alexander, shared his discovery with other performers and began to encourage and instruct them to do what he found valuable in improving his own health. The results began to speak for themselves.
Alexander saw how badly people's postures were and devised a system to discourage them from using habitual and harmful movements in their everyday lives. The most common mistakes were made in the transition from sitting to standing or lying to standing , aspeople often threw their heads back in the process.
The Alexander Technique, is not a treatment that someone does to someone else. It si more a self re-education process that encourages prople to use their bodies more effectively and to discourage injury or complications occuring in the future.
The patient is taught to rediscover their basic natural posture and movement patterns, by freeing their body of learnt ones. As the patient adopts the improved methods, they feel strange at first. But after regualr practise ( 1 year for full benefits), the body and mind begin to reorganize and the results are feeling better mentally and improved health physically.
Some people might comment that the system is just common sense, and it is!
The problem is that most people are not even aware of the damage they are doing to their bodies when they sluggishly rise from bed or slump down on a chair in front of the computer. But if you can make a conscious effort to correct your posture throughout the day. After a while it will just come naturally and your body will thank you for it!!!
Resources
Alternative Medicine by Dr. Andrew Stanway/Rigby LTD
Images
Bad Posture - Photographer: Goldstein/dreamstime.com
Posture diagram - Alternative medicine by Dr. Andrew Stanway/Rigby Ltd
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When I fix my posture it feels awkward, like I'm trying to push my head behind my back..
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