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The Fountain
Defining the Torso
Overthinking and Habit
Tip 1 – Your Body Is a Spring
Tip 2 – Awareness Begins Behind You
Tip 2.25 – Love the Ground
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Tip 3 – Proper Head Position
Tip 3.5 – Finding Your Hip Joints
Tip 4 – Point Your Spine
Tip 5 – Your Waist Is Not a Joint
Tip 5.5 – An Arch Made of Arches
Tip 6 – Point Your Shoulders
Tip 7 – Your Spine Is Lively
Tip 8 – Hang Your Ribs from Your Pointing Spine
Tip 9 – Enjoy Your Exhale
Tip 9.5 – When Leaning Back, Point Your Spine
Tip 10 – Your Breath Is an Ocean Wave
Tip 10.5 – Balance and the Alexander Technique
Tip 11 – Dynamic Opposition in Your Body
Tip 12 – For Bending, Keep Your Head away from Your Heels
Tip 13 – Think of Your Body as a Wave
Tip 14 – Avoid Taking Your Feet off the Floor
Tip 15 – Stairs, Avoid Going Down to Go Up
Tip 15.5 – What’s Wrong with Using Your Hands?
Tip 16 – Avoid Pulling Down to Go Up
Tip 17 – Be Like Isaiah Mustafa
Tip 18 – Be Like Katharine Hepburn
Tip 19 – How to Lunge
Tip 20 – Improve Computer Posture
Tip 21 – How to Carry Your Backpack
Tip 22 – Standing on the Subway
Tip 23 – Walking: Think More about Your Standing Leg
Tip 24 – When Walking, Leave Your Hip behind Your Leg
Tip 25 – When Walking, Don’t Leave Your Head Behind You
Tip 26 – Bending, Leave Your Hips Behind Your Legs
Tip 27 – Lying Down Exercise I
Tip 28 – Lying Down Exercise II
Tip 29 – Lying Down Exercise III
Tip 30 – Lean Against a Wall Exercise
Tip 31 – \”Inhibition\” and the Alexander Technique
Tip 32 – \”Direction\” and the Alexander Technique
Tip 33 – Inhibition and Direction in the Alexander Technique
Tip 34 – Objects are Incidental in the Alexander Technique
Tip 35 – Bend Your Hips, Knees, and Ankles to Touch the Floor
Tip 36 – Use Your Knees when Bending a Little
Tip 37 – Use Your Knees When Bending Even Less
Tip 38 – Your Arms Are Emissaries of Your Back
Tip 39 – Reaching while Sitting
Tip 40 – Reaching while Bending
Tip 41 – Head and Torso
Tip 42 – Avoid Gasping
Tip 43 – Avoid Gasping Before Speaking
Tip 44 – Gasping Causes Neck Tension
Tip 45 – Reach to the Ground to Feel Taller
Tip 46 – The Chair Is Your Legs
Tip 47 – Seated Bending, Use Your Hip Joints
Tip 48 – Seated Bending, Lead with Your Head
Tip 49 – Point Your Spine when Bending Forward
Tip 50 – Neck Tension and Balance
Tip 51 – Stability and Posture
Tip 52 – Avoid Pulling the Steering Wheel
Tip 53 – Be Like Roger Federer
Tip 54 – Be Like Walter Payton
Tip 55 – Dressage and the Alexander Technique
Tip 56 – Think Up When Bending Down
Tip 57 – Video: Think Up When Bending Down
Tip 58 – Video: Your Waist Is Not a Joint
Tip 59 – Video: Proper Head Position
Tip 60 – Video: Improve Computer Posture
Tip 61 – Video: How to Carry a Backpack
Tip 62 – Video: How to Climb Stairs
Tip 63 – Video: When Bending, Keep Your Head Away from Your Heels
Tip 64 – Video: Think of the Chair as Your Legs
Tip 65 – Video: To Rise More Easily from a Chair, Go Up
Tip 66 – Video: Good Posture Is Like a Wave
Tip 67 – Imagine Your Breath As Ocean Waves
Tip 68 – Video: Think of Your Body as an Archer’s Bow
Tip 69 – Video: When Walking, Lead with the Crown of Your Head
Tip 70 – Video: For Walking, Think More about Where You Are
Tip 71 – Video: Point Your Shoulders
Tip 72 – Core/Ab Exercises and the Alexander Technique
Tip 73 – Video: While Looking Up, Don\’t Pull Down
Tip 74 – Video: How to Speak with Less Tension
Tip 75 – Video: Awareness Begins Behind You
Tip 76 – Video: Point Your Spine
Tip 77 – Video: Posture and Back Pain
Tip 78 – Video: Love the Ground
Tip 79 – Video: Leave Your Feet on the Floor
Tip 80 – Video: What is “Inhibition” in the Alexander Technique?
Tip 81 – Video: What Is “Direction” in the Alexander Technique?
Tip 82 – Video: The Chair Is Incidental
Tip 83 – Reduce Back Pain by Standing Over Your Legs
Tip 84 – Video, How to Lunge
Tip 85 – Video: When Walking, Leave Your Hip Behind Your Leg
Tip 86 – Video: How to Lean Back in a Chair
Tip 87 – Rounded Shoulders and the Alexander Technique
Tip 88 – How to Get Out of Bed Using the Alexander Technique
Tip 89 – How to Pick Up a Child
Tip 90 – How to Rise from Lying on the Floor Using the Alexander Technique

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Leland Vall, M.AmSAT
Certified Alexander Technique Instructor
Madison, WI
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