The Alexander Technique Workbook: Your self-help guide teaching simple exercises to heal aches, pains and injuries

✍ Scribed by Richard Brennan

• Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers
• Year: 2022
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 160
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

The Alexander Technique Workbook is a step-by-step guide that has sold over 100,000 copies. An accessible guide; this book instructs then explains the theory behind a series of simple but effective exercises that will produce real results.

Working from home has taken a strain on all of us in many ways; our social life, our mental health and also our postures. Our bodies have had to adapt to ‘the new normal’; makeshift desks at kitchen tables and skipping the commute means many of us don’t meet GOV.uk’s recommended 10,000 steps per day. More than ever, there is an increased demand for easy exercises that can be completed at home.

The Alexander Technique is a simple method, developed at the turn of the century, to improve body movement in order to reduce physical and mental tension. The practical value of learning to use muscles efficiently has helped millions of people to relieve common ailments, grow their confidence and improve their general well-being. This reissue brings this 100-year-old discipline completely up-to-date.

✦ Table of Contents

Cover

Title Page

Copyright

Note to Readers

Dedication

INTRODUCTION

PART 1

INTRODUCING THE ALEXANDER TECHNIQUE

1 What is the Alexander Technique?

2 How it Evolved

3 The Benefits of the Alexander Technique

PART 2

UNDERSTANDING THE ALEXANDER TECHNIQUE

4 Inhibition

5 Directions

6 Faulty Sensory Appreciation

7 Primary Control

8 Goal Orientation

9 The Force of Habit

10 Body, Mind and Emotional Unity

PART 3

HOW TO HELP YOURSELF

11 Awareness and Observation

12 Give Your Back a Rest

13 Improve Your Breathing Naturally

14 What to Expect in an Alexander Lesson

Understanding the Terminology

Useful Websites

Further Reading

References

List of searchable terms

Acknowledgements

About the Publisher

✦ Subjects

Alexander Technique, self-help guide teaching simple exercises to heal aches, pains and injuries