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The Alexander Technique as a treatment for mental illness - Times Online

Sun, 31 Jan 2010 12:26:00 -0800

In our culture today the connection between physical and emotional problems is gaining currency. Surprisingly, the best answer to coping with the stresses of life is by using a hands-on approach that straightens the body. This technique can help in balancing moods, changing behavioural patterns and managing life's challenges.

To most people the Alexander Technique is a method of improving posture or relieving backache. However, the emotional and psychological benefits have convinced many to continue lessons long after their aches and pains have disappeared. Hilary, a 38-year-old barrister from North London, gained enormous psychological benefits from having lessons in the technique.

Her psychiatrist had referred her to me after a two-week admission at The Priory Hospital for a psychotic, manic episode. Therapy and medication had had minimal impact on her subsequent depression, and both she and her psychiatrist were willing to try anything that might help. When I first met Hilary, who is married with a four-year-old son, her depression was so severe that she could not even engage in a 50-minute therapy session. Instead, I suggested three Alexander Technique lessons a week until her mood stabilised.

Hilary says she was suffering extreme depression at the time. “I was completely non-functional,” she recalls. “My son, Peter, was three months old and I had to leave him with a full-time nanny to look after him. I wasn't doing anything except trying not to kill myself.”

The effects of the technique in balancing her mood and helping her to think rationally were powerful. “Before, I had ten years of antidepressants and therapy to some effect, bringing some stability. Using the Alexander Technique helped me to achieve a degree of healing that wasn't possible with just talk therapy and pills. For me, the technique became a lifeline. I felt calmer from the first lesson.”

The Alexander technique is a way of re-educating the body towards balance and alignment. In individual lessons, a qualified teacher helps the student to recognise faulty muscular use and poor posture through gentle touch and guidance (see panel, facing page). There is an emphasis on lengthening and widening the back, and freeing the spine to achieve a more co-ordinated movement.

With the aid of the teacher's hands, the student learns to release and lengthen muscles that have been shortened over time because of stress and misuse. But how can stopping unnecessary muscular tension heal emotional wounds? Unconscious experiences, such as unhealed traumas, unexpressed feelings and painful memories can be pushed into the body where they are not free to be dealt with in the mind. These tensions might turn into physical symptoms and ailments, but can also lead to mental illness, such as depression and anxiety.

Frederick Alexander, the founder of the technique, taught that how we use our bodies has an extraordinary effect on our ability to accurately perceive the world around us, as well as our emotional and physical health.

“I had been holding fear in my muscles” Hilary says the technique helped her to cope with emotional scars from her childhood. “One experience I had is that I would just let the fear out of my body. I would lie on the treatment table and I would just let it flow out. I had been holding it in my muscles. So, with lessons over time, the world seemed like a less scary place. I had less fear. I look back now and realise that this fear made me perceive anything anyone did to me as a threat. As a result, I was basically confrontational all the time, with everyone.

“Of course, at the time I couldn't see it. As my balance improved, my perceptions softened and with less fear came less confrontation. I was better able to connect with reality.

“With balance in your body, you feel less vulnerable, more able to cope. A good example of that is my son's crying. When I started Alexander lessons, Peter's crying was the sound of m failure as a mother. It was heartbreaking to me. Obviously, a child's crying is not that, but I had made it all about me, using it to condemn myself. With the Alexander Technique I was able to reassess the situation - it's just the sound of a baby's crying. It didn't pierce my heart. A feeling of stability replaced the fear and self-loathing.”

For Hilary, the physical space gained in lessons in lengthening and widening the body translates to a mental space available for thinking and reflecting.

Another Alexander Technique student, Sally, a 50-year-old mother of two and a theatrical agent from Central London, initially came to see me for psychotherapy for family problems. Further into the therapy we agreed that it might be beneficial to use the technique. Sally says: “Whatever is thrown at me now, my spine supports me. I feel that I can hold myself physically and emotionally. I no longer see my brain in my head, I see my mind and body completely co-ordinated. I'm much more balanced, more selective in what I say.

“I used to rescue everybody. That was my role in life. That was the norm. I'd get up in the morning and I'd rescue people. The armour was on and I went into battle because that was the only thing I knew. It's very different now. I'm looking after myself, I think I've come out of it much more selfish. What I didn't know was that if you look after yourself, you're going to be so much better with other people.”

Anne, 39, a single woman from North London, had attended psychotherapy sessions for nearly seven years for depression. Although the insight she gained was essential for her to make sense of her life, she felt frustrated when her depression recurred at stressful times.

“For me, the Alexander Technique was more helpful for depression than therapy,” she says. “With good posture and balance you are more able to withstand the physical and emotional knocks that life throws at you. A feeling of a lightness and ease in standing and sitting replaces the sense of being held together by tension and fragmented body parts. With lessons, my body started to feel less fragmented, more cohesive, and with that cohesion came a new clarity of thought.”

These three women had psychotherapy sessions alongside the technique, but all benefited from their improved body use. It helped them to translate the insights gained in psychotherapy into changed behaviour.

Another student, Tim, 52, a single professional man from South London, who also suffered depression, says the technique even helped him to contain suicidal thoughts. He describes how lessons left him with a heightened sensitivity to feelings, as well as a greater capacity to hold and think about these rather than being overwhelmed by them. He says: “You feel yourself getting into gear, but you don't actually end up driving.” Making the neurological connection Missy Vineyard, who runs a training course for Alexander Technique teachers in Massachusetts and is the author of the book How You Stand, How You Move, How You Live, describes the lessons as learning how to consciously stop unwanted behaviour at a neurological level. She believes that the technique teaches conscious inhibition by activating the pre-frontal cortex, the area of the brain responsible for impulse control.

Lucy Brown is a professor of neurology and neuroscience at the Albert Einstein College of Medicine in New York and a student of the Alexander Technique. She is committed to understanding the technique's neurological and psychological links.

According to Professor Brown, studies suggest that the technique activates those parts of the brain involved with cognition, learning and emotions. She says: “It is reasonable to speculate that areas of the pre-frontal cortex would be activated under the circumstances of a lesson and long-term learning from the technique.” While further research is needed to establish exactly how the technique produces these benefits, people's experiences speak for themselves.

Students of the Alexander Technique will confirm that the mind is not just located in the brain, but in the muscles, cells and organs throughout the body. The writer and novelist Aldous Huxley, a student of Frederick Alexander's, knew these truths all too well. In writing about Alexander's work, he said: “If you teach an individual first to be aware of his physical organism and then to use it as it was meant to be used, you can often change his entire attitude to life and cure his neurotic tendencies.”

(The names of the students have been changed.)

THE LOWDOWN

What is it? The Alexander Technique was developed by the actor Frederick Mathias Alexander around 1900. He believed that correct alignment of the head, neck and spine would alleviate back pain, breathing disorders and stress-related conditions. He claimed the technique frees the neck of muscular tension. It also allows the head to move forward so that it balances lightly at the top of the spine, which encourages the back to lengthen and widen, giving the body freer movement.

Suitable for Treating neck and back pain, poor posture, migraines and arthritis. It is increasingly accepted as useful for treating chronic problems such as arthritis, Parkinson’s disease. What little good-quality research there is suggests that there could be some merit for these claims.

Cost £30-£40 for a 45-minute session.

Contact The Society of Teachers of the Alexander Technique (0845 2307828; stat.org.uk ) to find a teacher near you.

Naomi Shragai is a psychotherapist and teacher of the Alexander Technique in North London. She is a member of the UK Council for Psychotherapy, the Association of Family Therapy and the Society of Teachers of the Alexander Technique

via timesonline.co.uk

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Alexanderteknik infoaften

Sat, 31 Oct 2009 01:36:00 -0700

Det mest almindelige råd man får, i tilfælde af rygproblemer eller et andet symptom i bevægeapparatet, er at man skal træne den muskulatur der umiddelbart relaterer sig til symptomerne.

Det er en mekanisk tilgang til kroppen, som ofte er virkningsfuld, men i mange tilfælde slet ikke er tilstrækkelig.

Alexanderteknikken byder på en anden måde at forstå denne type problemer.
Ved at se kroppen som en funktionel enhed, kan de belastninger der ligger bag et symptom ofte findes i en større sammenhæng i brugen af kroppen, end der hvor der opleves en smerte.
Derfor er hele kroppen et aktiv i Alexanderteknik undervisningen.

Det er oftest ideer og forestillinger om kroppen og bevægelse, som ubevidst er årsagen til at vi bruger kroppen forkert. Derfor er det vigtigt at blive opmærksom på de dårlige vaner i bevægemønstret der kommer fra forkerte forestillinger om kroppen. Alexanderteknik undervisningen retter sig derfor mere mod at ændre årsagen til et problem, end mod at fjerne et symptom.

Kom og hør mere, og evt. prøv at blive undervist i Alexanderteknikken

Torsdag d. 5 November kl 19.00

Center for Alexanderteknik
Sankt Knuds Vej 50, baghuset 1 sal
1903 Frederiksberg

www.alexanderteknik.dk

Der er gratis adgang, men tilmelding på tlf.: 33247787 eller info@alexanderteknik.dk

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Ambitions

Wed, 14 Oct 2009 13:14:00 -0700

If you are familiar with Alexander work, you have probably heard about end gaining.

The problem is that when you try to reach the goal fast,

you will most likely use the tools that you

already have in your possession.

And that my friend is your habitual manner of use.

Depending on how much experience you have had,

you may know that change doesn't show its face at your will,

and my experience is that it will most likely happen

when you are absolutely uninterested,

but reflective and curious.

Even though end gaining is a bad word in Alexander work,

we still need to carry some ambition or motivation.

FM Alexander wanted to end his voice problems,

I wanted my wrist to be pain free so I could keep playing music.

One thing that is hard to comprehend is that your goal can be very clear.

- you want your back to stop hurting.

- you want your headaches to disappear.

But the method to reach your goals is in-direct, and that might be unclear.

Tuning in to the ideas of Alexander work

can be beneficial way beyond your back problems.

good luck.

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links

Mon, 12 Oct 2009 12:00:00 -0700

Alexander Technique Affiliated Societies (ATAS)

Affilierede foreningers hjemmesider

England (STAT)
Australia (AUSTAT)
Belgium (AEFMAT)
Brazil (ABTA)
Canada (CANSTAT)
France (APTA)
Germany (GLAT)
Israel (ISTAT)
Netherlands (NeVLAT)
South Africa (SASTAT)
Spain (APTAE)
Switzerland (SVLAT)
United States of America (AmSAT)

Øvrige organisationer for STAT godkendte Alexanderlærere

Japan (JSTAT)
Norge (NFLAT)
Sverige

Venskabsorganisationer

Friends of the Alexander Technique

Alexanderteknik i Australien
Alexanderteknik i belgien
Alexanderteknik i Brasilien
Alexanderteknik i Canada
Alexanderteknik i Danmark
Alexanderteknik i England
Alexanderteknik i Frankrig
Alexanderteknik i Holland
Alexanderteknik i Schweiz
Alexanderteknik i Spanien
Alexanderteknik i Syd Afrika
Alexanderteknik i Tyskland
Alexanderteknik i USA

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Rivca Cohen

Mon, 12 Oct 2009 11:34:00 -0700

I've had lessons with Rivca Cohen at different A.T. workshops.

Three times in Denmark and once in Germany.

Alexander Technique is not an easy thing to explain, so whatever you need to convey to a student, you are almost bound to use metaphors or phrases that consist of something that can be eye opening.

I carry two phrases with me that Rivca gave me at my lessons which I consider useful.

1/ Release into the activity. (As in.. not tensing into the activity)

2/ If it's choice its good and if its habit it is bad. (As in..If I feel like pulling myself down, let it be my choice and not my habitual behavior)

Hope these phrases can be useful for you to.

Rivka Cohen was born in Israel. She studied with Patrick Macdonald and was qualified by him as an Alexander Technique Teacher in London in 1961. She continued her studies with many of the 1st generation AT Teachers -- Marjory and Wilfred Barlow, Walter Carrington, Margaret Goldie, Charles Neill, Frank Pierce Jones, Peter Scott, Bill Williams and others. In 1980 Rivka founded and directed the Haifa School for the Alexander Technique, teaching and certifying dozens of Teachers. In 1998 she co-directed, with Ora and Shmuel Nelken, the 5th International AT Congress in Jerusalem. Rivka gives AT master classes in Israel, the US, Canada, Europe and Japan.

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Workshop with Michael and Léonie

Mon, 12 Oct 2009 05:50:24 -0700

A very nice evening with Michael and Léonie from Australia at Center For Alexanderteknik in Copenhagen, Denmark

Here is what they write about themselves on there web http://www.freedominaction.com.au

Michael and Léonie have helped thousands of people to overcome, mitigate and manage a range of common, and not so common back, neck and associated problems. They have a particular interest in problem-solving in workplace environments, with musicians and with sportspeople.

Michael Stenning and Léonie John have, between them, over forty years full-time experience of teaching the Alexander Technique, and are qualified members of the Society of Teachers of the Alexander Technique (STAT) and its Australian affiliate, AuSTAT. They have established The Back School in the ACT and are Comcare-registered providers of rehabilitation services. Michael and Léonie design and deliver the "Fit for Work - Fit for Life!" training workshops for corporate clients.

See the full gallery on Posterous

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Don't pull yourself down.. My guess is that we have all heard this before!

Sun, 11 Oct 2009 23:55:00 -0700

So, are you aware of pulling yourself down? It's possible that you do it by instinct!

You have to built your awareness, catch yourself in the moment when you react by pulling yourself down.

And allow yourself to release upwards.

have a nice day;-)

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The Alexander Technique for Back Pain? - Consults Blog - NYTimes.com

Sat, 13 Jun 2009 02:52:47 -0700

The Alexander Technique for Back Pain?

By The New York Times

A recent study in the British Medical Journal BMJ found that the Alexander technique, a noninvasive method of adjusting body postures to relieve stresses, may aid in the treatment of back pain. New York Times reader Karen G. Krueger of New York City had some questions about that research. We contacted Paul Little, professor of primary care research at the U.K.’s University of Southampton and lead author of the BMJ study.

I have found that very few medical professionals in this country know about the Alexander technique; I myself found it through a friend in the arts — the technique is widely taught in music conservatories and drama schools as a means of enhancing performance and avoiding injury. What can you tell readers about the Alexander technique and how it works?

The Alexander technique involves a teacher using both gentle hand contact and verbal instruction to help patients learn to become aware of and avoid harmful habits of muscle use which may cause and maintain pain. The Alexander technique is not a form of back exercise -– rather it is applied in everyday tasks like standing, walking, sitting at a desk or playing a musical instrument. We hypothesize that the Alexander technique works through release of tension, decompression of the spine, more balanced muscle activity and improved flexibility.

In what circumstances should a back pain patient pursue the Alexander technique (with or without an exercise program) as opposed to other, more invasive approaches, such as medication or surgery?

I would recommend any patient try the technique before more invasive interventions; that is, patients with chronic or recurrent functional back pain where there are no clear “red flags,” such as progressive or multilevel neurological symptoms, steroid use or a recent history of trauma.

Have your studies demonstrating the effectiveness and cost-effectiveness of the Alexander technique to treat back pain increased the profile and availability of the technique to patients in Britain?

I think the profile has improved but not hugely — the medical establishment is inevitably slow and cautious about recommending new interventions when they perceive them to be novel.

The medical research establishment in the United States has begun to study various alternative health practices to address back pain and other chronic conditions for which traditional medical approaches have had limited success. What can you say about other “alternative” therapies for back pain?

There is encouraging evidence in the short term for massage and yoga and also some evidence for acupuncture, and for chiropractic when combined with exercise regimens. In terms of “alternative therapies” for back pain, try and use something that is based in good research evidence. The Alexander technique has been around for many years. New York Times Personal Health columnist Jane E. Brody wrote about the technique back in 1990. To learn more about the latest research on the Alexander technique and see a video of the practice, visit the BMJ site.

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At bruge tid på sin ryg

Thu, 14 May 2009 06:47:00 -0700

“Jeg ville ønske at jeg kunne skrue tiden tilbage til dengang jeg ikke havde ondt i ryggen”

Dette er en udtalelse man til tider høre som Lærer i Alexanderteknik.

At have ondt I ryggen er noget der rammer de fleste før eller siden.

Lige med et kan ens bevæge apparat forandre sig og man må begynde at tage hensyn som f.eks ikke at løfte.

Men vi er desværre ikke skabt til at være så mange timer i de arbejdsstillninger som vi byder os selv.

Så vær ikke fortvivlet..

I sidste ende kommer vi alle til at bruge tid på vores ryg.

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I love this video

Wed, 06 May 2009 05:26:44 -0700

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Alexander Technique Benefits People with Parkinson's Disease

Sat, 18 Apr 2009 23:10:04 -0700

From massagemag

Lessons in the Alexander Technique led to sustained benefit for people with Parkinson’s disease, according to a recent study.

"Randomized controlled trial of the Alexander Technique for idiopathic Parkinson’s disease" was conducted by C. Stallibrass of the University of Westminster School of Integrated Medicine; P. Sissons of Peta Sissons Consultancy; and C. Chalmers of the London School of Economics Department of Statistics.

Ninety-three subjects with Parkinson’s disease were randomly assigned to one of three groups: Alexander Technique, no additional intervention, or massage. This study did not compare massage and the Alexander Technique, but used massage to control for the touch and personal attention in Alexander-Technique lessons.

Subjects in the Alexander-Technique group received two Alexander-Technique lessons per week for 12 weeks. According to Alexander-Technique teacher Robert Rickover, author of Fitness Without Stress—A Guide to the Alexander Technique, the method teaches the use of the appropriate amount of effort for a particular activity, allowing more energy for all activities and helping improve freedom of movement, balance, support and coordination.

"Using skilled hand contact [an Alexander-Technique] teacher observes and assesses changes in muscle activity, balance and co-ordination resulting from mental activity and provides immediate feedback," state the study’s authors. "[P]upils learn to recognize and adopt better thinking strategies for overall control of balance and movement."

Subjects in the massage group received two massage sessions per week for 12 weeks. Those in the no-additional-intervention group continued with standard care for Parkinson’s disease.

Results were evaluated with the Self-assessment Parkinson’s Disease Disability Scale (SPDDS) at best and worst times of day, measuring progressive deterioration for 25 everyday activities; the Beck Depression Inventory, measuring participants’ feelings in the past week; an Attitudes to Self Scale, measuring subjects’ attitudes toward their bodies/selves; and a questionnaire on changes arising from the interventions.

Members of the Alexander-Technique group improved post-intervention as compared to the no-additional-intervention group on the SPDDS, in areas such as walking indoors and outdoors; getting dressed and undressed; turning over in bed; and writing a letter. At six-month follow-up, the mean scores of both groups had declined, but the Alexander-Technique group’s scores remained more positive than at the start of the study.

There was no statistical difference post-intervention or at follow-up for the massage group as compared to the no-additional-intervention group on the SPDDS.

Post-intervention, the Alexander-Technique group felt significantly better on the Beck Depression Inventory than the no-additional-intervention group. Members of the massage group also showed positive change on the Beck Depression Inventory.

On the Attitudes to Self Scale, subjects in the Alexander-Technique group felt significantly better at six-month follow-up than subjects in the no-additional-intervention group. The massage group showed little change on the Attitudes to Self Scale, and their results had worsened at six-month follow-up.

In response to the questionnaire on changes arising from the intervention, the massage group made eight mentions of improvement from massage in specific physical actions, compared with 59 mentions from the Alexander-Technique group. In terms of general physical improvements, the massage group made 17 mentions compared to 89 mentions from the Alexander-Technique group.

"We conclude that the positive results for the Alexander Technique group across several measures, including the most accurate type of measure of disability (self-rated) for Parkinson’s disease (the SPDDS) show that it is likely to benefit most moderately mobile, nondemented people with Parkinson’s disease who are interested in a technique for self-help," state the study’s authors.

- Source: University of Westminster School of Integrated Medicine. Authors: C. Stallibrass, P. Sissons and C. Chalmers. Originally published in Clinical Rehabilitation, November 2002, Vol. 16, pp. 695-708.

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Name dropping

Tue, 14 Apr 2009 01:37:36 -0700

Tænk engang.. Kevin Cline modtager også undervisning!!

her kan du læse om de andre nominerede..

http://www.alexandertechworks.com/testimonials

“The many benefits that the Alexander technique afforded us as actors included minimized tension, centeredness, vocal relaxation and responsiveness, mind/body connection, and about an inch and a half of additional height. By balancing and neutralizing tensions, I’ve learned to relieve as well as to avoid the aches and pain caused by the thousands of natural shocks that flesh is heir to.”— KEVIN KLINE
Actor

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Min ven Simon's møde med Alexanderteknikken

Tue, 14 Apr 2009 01:24:00 -0700

HANS AND MY NECK_

— bcnsound@ 12:47 pm

It´s almost a year since my accident, so I thought I would add an update on my progress…

For those who don´t know, I was in a traffic accident near Florence, Italy, in April 2006. We were hit from behind while stationary in a queue on a motorway…

I was lucky to survive, as I was sitting in the back left of the car, and I broke a bone in my neck, high up in the spinal column. It is called the “hangman´s break” and is similar to the damage that Cristopher Reeve, the star of Superman, suffered when he fell of his horse and ended up in a wheelchair totally paralysed. They told me that actually I could have easily died, as damage to the spinal cord that high can easily kill you…I still dont remember anything from the accident (I look at these fotos like you do, like I wasn´t there…). I think it will be a permenant memory loss.

I was very lucky that I was treated by a great team of surgeons in Florence, who put a titanium pin in my neck and got me on my feet. After months on my back I started to return to normal life. I have clicks and pops in my neck, which look like they are permanent, it hurts a lot in the cold, my movement is more restricted, but I am alive…

We also lost our dog, as she ran away from the site of the accident in shock, and was never found. that hurts almost as much as my neck…

…………………………………

While I was recovering, I met a great Danish musician called Hans Landgreen, who is also a teacher of the Alexander Technique.

The technique teaches you to retrain your posture, and I have been taking a series of classes to help me recover and also to help me prevent bad habits from sitting in a studio all day. I have been quite amazed by the changes Hans has brought about, helping me to correct bad habits in my posture, that are so strong that they feel “right” even though you are doing yourself damage!

Imagine how we all slump into a sofa, it feels good, but after a while it hurts as it is clearly not good for you. your own body lies to you!!

Thanks to the help of Hans, and combined with my own heightened sense of incorrect posture (my neck compains instantly if I sit funny) I have been able to start to retrain myself for the better. To be honest, the Alexander technique has been nothing short of a revelation for me….no exageration.

Here are some links…

Hans Landgreen´s website

More info on the Alexander technique

So…now I am getting better, working, living with the grateful sensation that I can walk..and now I have new weapons against the awful postures that modern life, and computers, push us all to adopt….So remember - free your neck! you have no idea how tense you are throughout your body until you get someone to point it out. Think of the loose, bouncey body you had as a kid. you can recover that…just speak to Mr Hans…

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FAQ om alexander teknik

Tue, 14 Apr 2009 01:20:00 -0700

Hans Landgreen; Lærer i F. M. Alexanderteknik.

Som lærer i Alexanderteknik vil jeg hjælpe mine elever til en større forståelse af deres vanemæssige kropsbrugs skadelige effekter, så de selv vil både se og opleve, at der findes andre muligheder.

Lidt om teknikken i Q & A form:

Hvad går Alexanderteknik egentlig ud på?

Kort fortalt, er det undervisning i at bruge sig selv bedre.

Og hvad er det så, og hvilke øvelser indebærer det?

Teknikken indebærer ikke øvelser. I undervisningen vil man øge sin kropsbevidsthed, og på den måde få klargjort sine dårlige vaner. Det er som regel hverdagens dårlige vaner - som f.eks. at sidde sammenfalden mange timer foran sit arbejdsbord - der giver problemer.

Jeg har lagt mærke til, at jeg sidder og falder sammen på mit arbejde. Skal jeg bare rette mig op?

Det er ikke helt så simpelt. Et af de store emner i Alexanderteknik, såvel som i dagligdagen er, at vi har ringe chance overfor vanernes magt. De fleste forsøg på at rette sig op vil ende med, at man glider tilbage i sin sammenfaldne tilstand, eller for de meget disciplinerede, en låst og anspændt holdning.

Problemet er, at kroppen hurtigt vænner sig til at være sammenfalden, og hvis man pludselig ændrer position, vil det ofte føles unaturligt. Så når kroppens position er hensigtsmæssig, set fra en objektiv vinkel, vil det givetvis føles forkert. Det begreb kaldes i teknikken "fejlagtig vurdering af sanseindtryk".

Men hvad skal jeg så gøre?

Ved at lære Alexanderteknik vil du finde tilbage til at bruge dig selv bedre. Ved udtrykket "tilbage" menes, at det ikke er noget nyt vi skal lære, men derimod skal vi forsøge at stoppe vores dårlige vaner, for at finde tilbage til den koordination vi har fået i dåbsgave.

Der er flere forklaringer på, hvorfor vi mister evnen til at bruge os selv godt. En af dem er, at den kulturelle udvikling har overhalet evolutionen, og derfor er vi ganske enkelt ikke fuldt udviklede til det statiske og stillesiddende arbejde, vi udfører i vores daglige liv.

Alexanderteknikken har en positiv effekt på f.eks.

Spændingshovedpine

Rygsmerter

Lændesmerter

Spændinger i nakke og skuldre

Knæ og ledproblemer som f.eks tennisalbue

Træthed og depression

En lektion foregår som enkeltundervisning og varer ca 45 min, dog varer den første lektion 1 time.

Undervisning og tidsbestilling foregår på Kiropraktik I Centrum /Nørre Farimagsgade 71

1364 København K. tlf 3312 3920

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introduktion til alexanderteknik

Mon, 06 Apr 2009 00:57:00 -0700

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BMJ Video 1

Mon, 05 Jan 2009 13:36:37 -0800

Se disse film om Alexanderteknik lavet af British Medical Journal Og læs om undersøgelsen her Alexander Technique and Back pain ::

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BMJ Video 2

Mon, 05 Jan 2009 13:35:47 -0800

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The unsung system that makes walking possible

Tue, 04 Nov 2008 01:20:35 -0800

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film om AT af Mark Josefsberg med lækker jazz

Mon, 27 Oct 2008 11:17:59 -0700

Mark Josefsberg er en lærer i New York, se hans side her http://markjosefsberg.com/

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Velkommen til min side om F.M. Alexanderteknik

Mon, 27 Oct 2008 02:29:03 -0700

Mit navn er Hans Landgreen, Jeg har taget den 3-årige uddannelse til lærer i AT og er medlem af DFLAT og jeg underviser på Kiropraktik i centrum Nr. Farimagsgade 71 1364 København K. 3312 3920

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