To \”Inhibit\” in the Alexander Technique means, roughly, to do something as if you are not doing it. It is the first Alexander step for breaking habits.
To change a habitual way of doing something, Alexander suggests that first we refuse to do that thing. This stopping gives you a moment to think and try something new. If you can continue bending your knees far enough while thinking there is no chair, you will end up in the chair in a totally different way, and without every intending to sit.
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