What to avoid and what to do. In the Alexander Technique, Inhibition and Direction work together to help you change habits.
Try the above and you will see that it completely changes the way you get into a chair. Read the red text, and then the green (over and over as you go). But it\’s not a mantra, you have to really listen to what you are saying. To review how we got here, visit the Tips on Inhibition and Direction. And in the next Tip, find out how this one exercise can reduce excess tension in everything you do, all day long. I know, hard to believe.
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Sorry, i wrongly written the words , in the definitions of directions.
The change is@
the torso lengthens and widens back and up and away from hip JOINTS .
What is the meaning of ‘neck’ in the alexander dictionary?
Ans@ head, torso,legs,hands.
What is the meaning of ‘head’ in the alexander dictionary?
Ans@neck,torso,legs,hands.
What is the meaning of ‘torso’ in the alexander dictionary?
Ans@neck,head,legs,hands.
What is the meaning of ‘legs’ in the alexander dictionary?
Ans@neck,head,torso,hands.
What is the meaning of ‘hands’ in the alexander dictionary?
Ans@ neck,head,torso,legs.
What is the meaning of ‘neck free’ from the alexander dictionary?
Ans@ neck free,head forward and up,torso lengthen and widen by going back and up from hips, thighs with knees going forward , while hips going back,shoulders out to the sides with arms down.
What is the meaning of ‘torso lengthen and widen’ from alexander dictionary ?
Ans@ neck free,head forward and up,torso lengthen and widen by going back and up from hips, thighs with knees going forward , while hips going back,shoulders out to the sides with arms down.
What is the meaning of legs release a way from torso from the alexander dictonary?
Ans@ neck free,head forward and up,torso lengthen and widen by going back and up from hips, thighs with knees going forward , while hips going back,shoulders out to the sides with arms down.
What is the meaning of shoulders releases out to the sides from alexander dictionary?
Ans@ neck free,head forward and up,torso lengthen and widen by going back and up from hips, thighs with knees going forward , while hips going back,shoulders out to the sides with arms down.
These meanings quiet intesting to me also.
Let the neck be free,
to let the head go forward and up,
to let the torso lengthen and widen,
to let the legs release away from torso,
to let the shoulders release out to the sides with releasing the arms down.
THAT IS THE MATTER.
The inventor of the alexander technique, F.m. Alexander is not there now.
If he is there, i would have asked about my doubts about the directions.
the body has innate capacity to adjust its direction based on the commands given by us.
If the body not likes the sequence of the conscious orders, it throws a challenge to brain by passing a signal like,
iam not satisfied with your directions, i will show you a clue and try for the luck.
If i think of directions, thd mind and body likes and loves me very much.
The body prays with mind, please dont forget me.
The body begs the mind, command me so that i can satisfy.
The body sends the signal iam not happy, if i dont care that caution the body adjusts ,and says to brain i cant do more than this to save from gravition.
One more definition of alex technique@
if we hold the muscles of our body with the brain, by projecting the sequential directions directing process ,which was developed by alexander we can move satisfactorily.
for to let my breath free,
and stopping the habit of holding the breath,
and stopping the habit of over breathing or hyperventilation,
and for a rhythmic change of breath based on the body needs,
i have to let my neck be free
to let the head go forward and up
to let the back lengthen and to widen
and to let the limbs away from torso with stimulus with the activities like
sit,walk,bend etc.
( the breath is top most direction i think)
if i have to maintain my floating ribs moving i have to lengthen the T11,T12 thoratic vertebrae while keeping head forward and up
lengthening cervical spine, thoratic spine ,lumbar spine,sacrum spine,pelivs,limbs.
so that,
those false floating ribs get signals from the spinal cord, and moves with breath.
inhibition in action is the good tip.
i think alexander technique is,
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protecting or preventing the spinal cord from the excess tension created by the spine vertebrae, by keeping the neck free allowing the head forward and up and letting the back LENGTHEN and widen.
i think if the neck vertebrae compresses by the head, the signals not passes satisfactorily to the upper half of the body like hands,shoulders,chest,head etc.
if the lumbar slump and the pelvic slump, the lumbar vertebrae compression or gaps between lumbars,makes the brains signals not passes satisfactorily to lower half like pelvis,buttoks,legs,stomach from
the spinal cord.
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