Comments on: Tip 71 – Video: Point Your Shoulders

By: Leland Vall

Leland Vall — Sun, 24 Nov 2013 21:55:51 +0000

In reply to alison. Thanks Alison!

By: alison

alison — Sun, 24 Nov 2013 05:45:47 +0000

excellent ~ Thank You Leland as always ~ I felt like underlining how this posture-fix also fixes our breathing. It’s such a clear way to illustrate how proper body usage brings us overall health

By: Chinnari

Chinnari — Wed, 11 Jul 2012 17:25:59 +0000

Breathing alexander technique jargons?
1. Some body says contract the ribs at the out breath
2. And another says there is nothing to do actively with the breath.
3. Another says think of breath as ocean weaves.
4. Another explains DO with the out breath
5. Another explains breathing exercises.

By: Chinnari

Chinnari — Tue, 10 Jul 2012 14:44:52 +0000

Sorry for my last comment,

one word i wrongly written.
The right sentence is

‘ think of f.m alexander given a (lengthened) human spine to you. And asked to LENGTHEN that spine’ .

By: Chinnari

Chinnari — Tue, 10 Jul 2012 13:39:30 +0000

What is ‘lengthening’ ?
Ans@ is a special word in the alexander technique jargon.

Think of suppose f.m.alexander given a human spine to you.
And he asked you to shorten that spine.

What you will do?
There is nothing to do.
Since,
it is already lengthened . And the preventive thing is not shorten that spine to lengthen that.

The full confusion is , if i not shorten that spine i cant do some special activities like bend ,twisting the body etc.

May be this true. But i think alexander intention is preventing that spine not to stay in that shortened state so much time which causes the spine to damage , and his intension is the widening supports the lengthening of the spine and viceversa.

So, the lengthening is ‘not doing any thing’,
and ‘not shortening’ .

So, i think alex technique is NON doing technique.

By: Chinnari

Chinnari — Sun, 08 Jul 2012 15:16:36 +0000

Hi leland yours explanation is,
good simple explanation of shoulder directions which is a ‘partial direction’ with in the f.m ‘whole direction’ with stimulus.

I think at the back 95 percent of the muscles are connected to the shoulder blade,clavicles.

A whole widening of the back(torso) depends on the shoulder blades(shoulders)

what is the normal tension of the shoulder blades(shoulders)?
Ans@ sit stand bend stimulus daily activities of the shoulder widening not disturbs the length of the spine.

What is normal tension of arms?
Ans@ the use of arms tension in daily activities not disturbs the widening of the shoulder blades(shoulders) means, the arms are indirectly not disturbing the spine length.

What is lengthening tension of the back?
Ans@ the tension of the back lengthening which not disturbs the widening of the shoulder blades(shoulders) is the normal tension of the lengthening of the back.

All the above are PARTIAL DIRECTIONS with the alex neck head back limbs directions.

By: Chinnari

Chinnari — Mon, 30 Apr 2012 03:05:47 +0000

The unconscious movement of shoulder blades towards the ears,
makes stooping the chest OR makes the chest out, and making the chest with more or less tension.

By: Chinnari

Chinnari — Mon, 30 Apr 2012 03:03:56 +0000

The unconscious movement of shoulder blades towards the ears,
makes stooping the chest OR makes the chest making the chest with more or less tension.

By: Chinnari

Chinnari — Wed, 07 Mar 2012 14:58:30 +0000

Shoulder blades,clavicles are parts of the torso, in the back lengthening to widen process.

The bad habits of shoulders are.
1. Hunching (the length between shoulder blades is more or not satisfactory)

2. Pulling the shoulders back( the length between shoulder blades less or not satisfactory)

i think the above unconscious bad habitual activites creates more or less tension and it is not a satisfactory tension.

In one of the alexander photo i noticed the alexander hand is preventing the shoulder blade by keeping the hand on the shoulder blade.

So, i assumed this scenario.

By: Leland Vall

Leland Vall — Sun, 18 Dec 2011 18:32:39 +0000

In reply to Suzanne. Thanks Suzanne!