Some Information About The Alexander Technique

By Enid Hinton


Stress is very evident in the world today because of the very fast paced lifestyle that each and every human being has to live with. This stressful lifestyle is actually one of the factors that would contribute to people having more stress and having some physical problems because of it. Now one of the best ways that people were able to confront these stressors was through the alexander technique.

Now the creator of this very famous method is none other than Frederick Matthias Alexander who is an actor from Australia. He was a patient of chronic laryngitis which affected his acting and was something that the doctors could not cure at that time. By a sheer stroke of luck, he discovered that the cause of the problem was tension in his neck and body and he was able to create a method to let go of that tension.

Teachers of this method believe that the body makes habitual movements all the time. Because of these movements, the muscles have the tendency to tighten. It is because of this kind of tightening that one feels pain.

Now if one would enroll in one of these classes, he will first be assessed by the teacher. The teacher has to first see the condition of his students in order to let them do some exercises. Of course the teachers would be advising their students to come in comfortable clothes so that they can be able to relax during their exercises.

One thing to take note of when starting out is that this is definitely not a painful nor is it a strenuous type of exercise. It is in fact, the opposite of a strenuous workout as this method aims to take away the tension from all parts of the body instead of adding tension which is what strenuous workouts would do in order for one to gain muscle. This is a rather slow set of exercises wherein one does not need to push himself so much.

An example of the things that he would be doing would of course be just standing up, walking upright, and sitting down which is something he does on a normal day. Now the teachers will also be assisting him as he does this so that the teacher will know which parts of his body has tightening muscles. When the teachers have found out where the tightening of the muscles is and recommend to the students what can be done.

Some of the benefits that one can gain from learning this technique would be first less body pains. If one is prone to such body pains such as backaches, sore necks, or any other type of muscle pain, then this method can actually do wonders for him as it would help lessen these pains. Another thing that this method does is lessen stress in the body which means that after doing some exercises, one will actually feel less stressed.

So as one can see, these kinds of exercises are actually very helpful to those people who are very stressed out. Over the years, this Australian man was able to spread his knowledge and was able to let many schools open in the United States. Of course the Big Apple NYC has actually become home to a lot of schools of this practice.




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