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The Basics Of The Alexander Technique

By Enid Hinton


The reason as to why so many people are stressed out these days is simply because the pacing of life is becoming so much faster and people tend to neglect relaxing. It is for this reason that many people would seek arts such as light stretching, meditation, or even yoga to help themselves relax. Now one of the best methods that can be used in order to take away stress would be the alexander technique.

The one who came up with this technique was actually an actor from Australia who goes by the name of Frederick Alexander. He actually had a condition that was known as chronic laryngitis which could not actually be cured by any of the doctors he went to during his time. Of course with a little bit of luck, he was able to create a method to help him release tension in his neck which was actually the cause of everything.

Now the whole concept behind this method is that habitual movements are what causes tightening. Whenever the body moves a certain way, certain muscles tighten. Of course when the muscles would tighten, then one would feel tension.

Now on the first day of classes, one will first have to be assessed by the teacher in charge. The instructor will first see the body condition of the students before allowing them to do the exercises. From there, they will be starting the exercises and the students will be learning all about loosening the muscles altogether.

One thing to take note of when starting out is that this is definitely not a painful nor is it a strenuous type of exercise. It is in fact, the opposite of a strenuous workout as this method aims to take away the tension from all parts of the body instead of adding tension which is what strenuous workouts would do in order for one to gain muscle. This is a rather slow set of exercises wherein one does not need to push himself so much.

Now during the first few meetings of the class, one will usually be doing some exercises related to everyday movements like walking, running, or even sitting down. From there, the teachers will be checking how they do it to see if there are parts in the body that are tightening. From there, the teacher will be able to advise the students on what they should do about those tightened body parts.

Now the main benefit that one would get from these kinds of exercises would of course be lesser body aches. Now for those who often have body aches in the back, in the head, in the legs, or anywhere else, this method will definitely be great for him. At the same time the exercises of this method would also be able to help lessen stress which means that this method can actually help both physically and mentally.

So as one can see, these kinds of exercises are actually very helpful to those people who are very stressed out. Over the years, this Australian man was able to spread his knowledge and was able to let many schools open in the United States. Of course the Big Apple NYC has actually become home to a lot of schools of this practice.




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