manicfingers -> RE: Alexnader Technique Site (Aug. 29 2013 19:34:17)
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You might want to change the thread title to AlexANder (not ..nader..), so it comes up in future searches. I can't add much to the discussion itself, but I have done 6 AT sessions in Valencia, and it is *amazing*. Only 6 - I had to stop after that because I was in such a mess with my neck, but I recovered and continue practicing what I learnt. The whole tension-feedback system of my central nervous system is now alive again, so I can detect any tension in my body without even thinking. Sitting, standing, walking. And thanks to the floor techniques, I can now do it the other way around.. just tell my body to completely shut down all my muscles while lying down. It makes me a couple of minutes in each position to release all tension, and I have 3 different positions.. one on my back, and one for each side. Then after that, I am 'clear', I walk better etc., and the tension feedback mechanism is woken up again for the whole day. If I fail to 'release' myself each morning, then tension can creep in, and the feedback mechanism is less effective. I can now play guitar without tensing the shoulder and arm muscles, so there is never any tension to take away afterwards. Just a quick 'release' session, just in case there is any tension there. If I had known all this stuff 20 years ago.. you can just take all your body tension away by concentrating in a certain way. And without the tension, you don't get back/neck problems. I couldn't speak spanish that well, so I think I missed out on a lot of the theory.. I just took what I could from it, which is the above. Edit:PS: Feel free anyone to PM me on this.. I'm not an expert, like I said, and I suspect everyone's perceptions of the process are different. But I know that I am tension and pain free (for 3 years now).
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