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Poor Posture Increases Pain Sensitivity

Here is a post from Psych Central. This is something Alexander Technique teachers have known for years (about 115 years) It concerns posture and it's effects on pain. While it doesn't address the how of achieving good posture, it does speak to the effects of poor posture on pain. There is also another element: poor posture can cause pain. I see it every day when giving Alexander Technique lessons. One of the big culprits for back pain and neck pain is the computer...

I feel so good I don’t want to move.

"I don't want to move" is a statement I hear often during Alexander Technique lessons. People feel so good, especially after leaving the massage table, they don't want to take a step, or even move their head. They don't want to ruin their newfound open, decompressed, expansive, relaxed state. And who could blame them?...

Breaking Bad and the Alexander Technique

Breaking Back And Down.   Back and down refers to the direction of your head as your neck pokes forward, perhaps towards a computer screen, tablet, or cell. (Perhaps now?) Once that neck poking becomes a habit, the back and down happens all the time. The back part of back and down refers not to [...]

Alexander Technique-New York Times (again)

There have been quite a few articles on the Alexander Technique published in the New York Times. The following Alexander Technique article appeared in the New York Times on June 24th, 2011. This one has a very unfortunate title. If 'sitting up straight' was all we had to do, we would all be doing it. Sitting up straight is an example of military posture. The problem is that we just add tension by doing this...

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