Body Learning: 40th anniversary edition: An Introduction to the Alexander Technique
Michael J. Gelbamazon.com
Body Learning: 40th anniversary edition: An Introduction to the Alexander Technique
•Movement Meditations SENSORY AWARENESS PROCESSES •Flow Movement Patterning •Finding Details in Patterns •Focusing Image and Imagination •Holding Presence •Following Six Senses •Using the Camera as Witness Shin Somatics Methods MATCHING MOVEMENT AND TOUCH •Matching through Movement •Matching through Touch •Matching with Flow Repatterning •Clearing
... See moreAlthough most of us are not consciously afraid of falling as we walk or squat, there is always some degree of unconscious nervous system activity devoted to preventing a fall. This may involve excess tension and restriction of uncontrolled mobility. To the extent that a developmental position can reduce this protective activity, it can facilitate t
... See moreAre there fundamental principles that we should adhere to? Integrity, subtlety and remembering one’s own kinespheric balance, before combining it with the person being adjusted. It is a conversation between two intelligent systems that become one in that moment of adjustment.
Clearing away stress and holding patterns in hands-on processes is a major purpose of listening through touch. Flow repatterning of movement, finding easy developmental pathways through matching, and then providing guidance, depends on sensitivity to touch and movement. One cannot repattern movement without first finding what patterns are present t
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