Comments on: Tip 8 – Hang Your Ribs from Your Pointing Spine https://freeyourneck.com/weekly-tip-8/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=weekly-tip-8 AmSat Certified Alexander Technique Instructor In Madison, WI Wed, 27 Mar 2024 15:29:53 +0000 hourly 1 By: Alex https://freeyourneck.com/weekly-tip-8/#comment-50937 Wed, 30 Dec 2015 07:25:02 +0000 https://freeyourneck.com/weekly-tip-8/#comment-50937 Thank You Leland!

Happy New Year!

]]> By: Leland Vall https://freeyourneck.com/weekly-tip-8/#comment-50936 Wed, 30 Dec 2015 02:53:10 +0000 https://freeyourneck.com/weekly-tip-8/#comment-50936 Hi Alice, two comments up. Thanks for your support!

Leland

]]> By: Leland Vall https://freeyourneck.com/weekly-tip-8/#comment-50935 Wed, 30 Dec 2015 02:44:58 +0000 https://freeyourneck.com/weekly-tip-8/#comment-50935 Hi Alex,

I guess this is your favorite tip. In this case your question gets to the heart of upright posture and breath. In a sense, really everything.

In some quarters (or many actually) people say that your contracted stomach is what you should use to hold yourself up. This is a bad idea because a tight stomach impedes breathing and it’s tiring (impossible) to hold your stomach in all the time. I suggest instead that you rely on your spine. The abdomen should remain soft so that the diaphragm and ribs can can move freely allowing for easy breathing. The stomach won’t protrude unless the spine isn’t well directed upward along its length or if there is a lot fat of in front of it (and that generally can’t be hidden anyway).

]]> By: Alex https://freeyourneck.com/weekly-tip-8/#comment-50934 Tue, 29 Dec 2015 20:42:01 +0000 https://freeyourneck.com/weekly-tip-8/#comment-50934 Hi Leland , If the abdomen softens, you will get a protruding stomach. Not many people wish that. I cannot imagine that this is what you mean?

]]> By: Alice https://freeyourneck.com/weekly-tip-8/#comment-50933 Tue, 29 Dec 2015 10:40:39 +0000 https://freeyourneck.com/weekly-tip-8/#comment-50933 Hi Leland,
Thank you for all your tips so interesting and useful and a
Happy New Year!
Alice

]]> By: Leland Vall https://freeyourneck.com/weekly-tip-8/#comment-50932 Fri, 13 Nov 2015 04:59:29 +0000 https://freeyourneck.com/weekly-tip-8/#comment-50932 Hi Alex,

Standing or lying down, allow your spine to point, your abdomen soften, and your ribs to gently swing with your breath.

]]> By: Alex https://freeyourneck.com/weekly-tip-8/#comment-50931 Thu, 12 Nov 2015 06:06:30 +0000 https://freeyourneck.com/weekly-tip-8/#comment-50931 Hi Leland,
When I did the lying down exercise the lower ribs feel expanded (out and up)-not collapsed, the stomach is down/flat. Is it the way it has to feel when standing?
Thank you

]]> By: Leland Vall https://freeyourneck.com/weekly-tip-8/#comment-50930 Sun, 08 Nov 2015 14:24:37 +0000 https://freeyourneck.com/weekly-tip-8/#comment-50930 In reply to Alex.

Hi Alex,

The spine is like a tree, the ribs are like branches. Allow your ribs to hang from your pointing spine. You can try exploring this while lying down – https://freeyourneck.com/blog/alexander-technique-weekly-tip-29/ and also while exploring your breathing – http://www.freeyourneck.com/free-your-breath-mp3-download/

Leland

]]> By: Alex https://freeyourneck.com/weekly-tip-8/#comment-50929 Sun, 08 Nov 2015 08:44:42 +0000 https://freeyourneck.com/weekly-tip-8/#comment-50929 How can I avoid rising my chest when pointing the spine? If I relax my chest I feel my abdominals also relax and the stomach goes out, that make it difficult to avoid pulling the body together. Thank you

]]> By: Dency Mann https://freeyourneck.com/weekly-tip-8/#comment-50928 Sun, 03 May 2015 11:09:21 +0000 https://freeyourneck.com/weekly-tip-8/#comment-50928 These email tips mean more to me than I can say. When I feel like I’m “losing it” – physically and emotionally, I read a few tips and settle right down. Even those I’ve read numerous times always bring some new understanding. THANK YOU!!!

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