To improve balance, think Up and Down, not side to side.
Balance is an intrinsic sense and, unless you are dizzy or having trouble determining which way is up, you can improve your ability to properly respond to what your sense of balance tells you. You might be surprised at how quickly you can improve your balance simply by changing how you think about it.
Exercise
Stand up and point one finger as high as you can. Continuing to point your finger, lift your opposite knee until your thigh is parallel to the ground (or as close to that as you can), while also allowing your foot to hang directly under your raised knee (see the image to the right). Try to make the tip of your finger and the bottom of your standing foot be as far away from each other as you can. If you feel unsteady, just put your foot down and then try again. Most people find that simultaneously thinking up and down makes it easier to maintain balance.
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Sounds excellent feels good Will try to keep in mind all day.
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Remember the old experience for analysing and knowing what directions you misdirected, AND
Correcting these misdirections for the next same activity like walking for getting new experience in general.
Leland,
Thank you. I refer clients to your posts, because they are so excellent, easy to follow, well written.
Forgetting any part of the body, which indirectly supports the balance of the neck,head is ,
indirectly increasing the tension of the neck with our over confidence or by With our lazyness.
LOVE ALL THE PARTS of our body .
Your explanation is reasonable.
Different people has different ideas about the balance.
An alexander student may describe what is balance compared to nonalexander person.
Ask 50 alexander students of you, define balance.
Then we can know wether all the students has same ideas or not, please post it here their definitions of balance based on alexander technique.
sir,
wonderful idea.
here i noticed the rising of the leg and hand are not
disturbing the balance line of the body.
i will sure remember this picture. so that i can practice it in my daily activities.
thank you.