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Skill
Fixing “forward head posture” NICE & EASY way (w/movie)
Here is the movie. I will show you how we fix forward head posture nice and easy way. I made a YouTube movie for it, and that's above. Forward head posture is not good. It is not good looking but also leads soar neck or nec... -
Thought
The suboccipital muscles, a point of leverage?
There is discussion in the facebook group, Alexander Technique Global, about the suboccipital muscles, whether they function like a point of leverage or not. It means that if the suboccipial muscles are somewhat released, we are able to ... -
Skill
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 ... -
Thought
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 ... -
Theory
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. -
Theory
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 ... -
Theory
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... -
Thought
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... -
Thought
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... -
Thought
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...