Welcome to day one of your journey to better posture! Today we'll explore the most powerful thing you can do, which will help clear the way for the work that follows.
"You translate everything, whether physical, mental or spiritual, into muscular tension." FM Alexander
Here's a peek at what you'll discover today:
How to stop.
Noticing harmful habits and learning useful new ones.
How to pause after a stimulus.
Lying down and how to explore your thinking and feeling.
Welcome to day two of your posture journey. In today's lesson you'll discover more about how your body fits together, and how it can start to become more efficient.
"You get away from all your old preconceived ideas because you are getting away from your old habits." FM Alexander.
Today you'll discover some new ideas:
About the nervous system
How the neck, head and back work together
Where the neck joint is
Adding today's work into the lying down habit you're developing
Welcome to day three of your journey! Today you're going to add to what you learned on days one and two, and start to move.
"As soon as people come with the idea of unlearning instead of learning, you'll have them in the frame of mind that you want." FM Alexander.
Here's what you'll learn today:
How to get used to checking in with your head, neck and back
How to stand and sit
How standing and sitting relate to many other actions
You've made it to day four! How's it going for you? Today we're going to add a new move to our repertoire. These are not exercises as such, but different ways of exploring movement and directing our awareness.
"Control should be in process, not superimposed." FM Alexander
Today you'll discover:
The idea of Conscious Control
How to turn with ease
How using your eyes makes turning better
Here we are on day five of your journey to better posture. At this point I could say that posture is not what it's actually about. You might have noticed that it's more than posture. It's the way you think, move and feel. It's about discovering new ways to do things.
"We can throw away the habit of a lifetime in a few minutes if we use our brains." FM Alexander
In today's lesson we'll look at how to move the legs, and of course moving the legs is a big part of walking!
You'll explore:
How to start walking
How the legs work when walking
How to pick up your knees
Here we are at day six of your journey. It's the end of this short introduction, but you won't be surprised to find out that there is more... if you want it! Today we're looking at something undeniably fundamental to our existence.
"I see at last that if I don't breathe, I breathe." FM Alexander
Today we'll be recapping what you've learned on this course.
First, your new mantra,
And...
Breathing consciously
Then... your next steps.