Thought– category –

http://www.newyorker.com/tech/elements/do-our-bones-influence-our-minds This article is interesting, although we don’t yet know whether it is applicable to human-being. Higher bone mass may affect better mind state. Anyway, we already kn...

One of the recommended processes in the AT is “to think of the whole body” or "think of the self as a whole". When we move with this intention, somehow we can move easier and lighter. Performance with this intention will be better like f...

Again, I had discussion about "weightless" with an AT teacher in Facebook.   An AT teacher says "To be weightless then means to somehow be free of this downwards-acting force." Then the teacher says "both of the weightlessness boxes...

I had discussion with an AT teacher in Facebook, and I like to share here.  We should study more about the alignment of bones (the relation between compression or the compressed members). How we align bones and whole body is an impo...

It seems to me that some AT teachers trust the nature or natural function of our body. They seem to have a belief that it works perfectly for our life unless we disturb it.  It is actually marvelous if we know our homeostasis, metab...

Startle response definitely relates to the pull of our head and the tension in the neck. The point I want to make is that this pattern of the muscle contraction in the neck and pulling the head back and down is the same as the pattern wh...

Reflex is an action which we cannot consciously stop. There are many reflexes in our body, but we have not yet found any reflexes or functions that the particular relationship of the head and neck can lead other reflexes or govern other ...

Many AT teachers think that the support of the head or the support of the body should be done by a reflex or combination of reflexes. There are definitely reflexes involved in our supporting the body, but there are also voluntary respons...

It may not be an evolutionary flaw, but one thing that I can think of is the attaching place of the sternocleidomastoideu. If it were attached to the front side of the head (i.e. it didn't cross the spine), muscles in the back of the nec...

I have revised my paper titled "An advantageous way of using our body". I describe here not only an advantageous use of our body but also the reason why Alexander Technique is effective for our performance and health. I also described th...