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Chair Exercise (w/Movie)
【Self exercise of standing up and sitting down】 Usually in Alexander Technique lesson, we call "chair work", and a teacher will help a pupil to stand up from sitting position and to sitting down from standing position with hands on. I ... -
What makes the head up?
【An image of "the head up"】 If we pull a rope (right in the above diagram), the top of a pole moves up in rotation. Our head moves up like this kind of scheme. "Up" is generated by mainly the muscles in the back, working together with ... -
What is the Alexander Technique? (Movie)
I explain what the Alexander Technique is in this YouTube movie. Actually, this is based on my unique interpretation of the AT, but it will be more effective to understand in this way. How we should be is like "the pole" in this movie. -
Effective way of intention for our advantageous use (Part 2)
Paul Norikazu Aoki Miwaza Lesson 3-5-5 Ebisu, Shibuyaku, Tokyo, 150-0013 Japan Email: paulaoki@alexlesson.com Feb 1st, 2018 【3. Manage multiple objectives with adequate allocation of intentions.】 Multiple tasks and multiple objectives ... -
Effective way of intention for our advantageous use (Part 1)
Paul Norikazu AokiMiwaza Lesson3-5-5 Ebisu, Shibuyaku, Tokyo, 150-0013 JapanEmail: paulaoki@alexlesson.comFeb 1st, 2018 Abstract There seems to be a general principle in our way of intention for avoiding excess muscle tension. It is to i... -
Chosen movement may not be the best one
There are many movement solutions in one activity. People choose one movement out of many movement solutions to complete the activitiy. The context of the activity still affords multiple movement patterns, and this mean the chosen moveme... -
Why “Posture” won’t help?
Just positional change won't give us good result, but less muscle contraction or adequate recruiting of the muscles will. This is through teaching experience. In kinesiology there is a term 'postural control', and it includes both its po... -
The more we know, the more we feel ease
There is a therapy called Focusing. This could be good in psychotherapy, but I think that this won't help movement problem very much. It may help, but it probably takes more time. The AT lessons will help better. Most of the senses (espe... -
Holding vs Placing
There is possible alternative word for "posture". That is "placing", and it means "place the body like an object (a relatively slender object)". This is the word I use for carrying out an advantageous condition of supporting the body. Ac... -
An Advantageous Way of Using Our Body
An Advantageous Way of Using Our Body(PDF, for download) An Advantageous Way of Using Our Body Introducing A Hypothetical Idea of Voluntary Postural Control for Better Movement and Performance Paul Norikazu Aoki Miwaza Lesson 3-5-5 Ebisu...
