Take the Pressure off
Posted March 11, 2009 – 2:36 pm in: Education, Healthcare
Remember when you were a kid and your mother said, “Sit up straight!” or, “Don’t hunched your shoulders!” or even, “Keep your back straight!” My mother used to thump me in the middle of my shoulders to get me to set up straight. My mother was a nut for good posture. Unfortunately, most kids are seldom taught about good posture from their parents or even teachers.
The people who never learned about good posture can be seen anywhere because they usually have a stiff neck, their shoulders are hunched forward or pulled tightly back and some have restricted breathing or even tightness in their thighs, legs and ankles. Bad posture usually results in backaches, headaches and other discomfort.
We should all learn about good posture by taking Alexander Technique lessons because since the second grade you have been sitting for hours in chairs and desks that are only there because of economics and convenience. By the second grade, people have already learned to tense their bodies in such a way that it interferes with the natural easiness, balance, support and freedom of movement they should have. These tension patterns are slumping or stiff posture that become normal even if they do restrict our breathing and freedom of movement.
You can restore your natural balance, flexibility and ease of movement by learning the Alexander Technique. It is a time-tested method of teaching that restores the natural positioning of the body. It is not therapy or treatment or exercises, it is more a reeducation of the mind and body. You are taught about the tension that you have developed over the years and discover a new balance in your body by releasing that tension.
The relationship between your head and neck are emphasized in the Alexander Technique in New York. The reason is simply that the head and neck are followed by the body. People have a tendency to compress their heads down into the spine and this creates a whole lot of other tensions in the body. The body has its own built-in “antigravity” reflex and if we can learn to let our heads “float” on top of our spine as nature intended the body then we can release all the pent up tensions.
It should be noted, people who have taken lessons have been heard to say, “I feel like I am walking on clouds.”
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