This book, Tai Chi and the Alexander Approach Ideas of Good Physique Use, is revealed in a PDF format. It is rather detailed and sensible, and it gives you the bodily instruments it’s essential take the boundaries off of your means to do tai chi with ease, class, poise, and launched joints.
This book can also be on the market on all AMAZON web sites in a KINDLE format.
Positioned in Albuquerque, New Mexico, U.S.A. (MOVEMENT THERAPY)
CORE TO WHAT THE ALEXANDER TECHNIQUE TEACHES IS:
IF YOU MAKE TECHNIQUE CHANGES TO SOLVE INJURY PROBLEMS, YOU MAY NOT MAKE A DIFFERENCE.
Why?
I’ve most likely had not less than 5 first fee guitar academics who revamped my approach the second I began classes with them.
They talked by way of inflexible hand positions or in esoteric phrases, and I spent hours making an attempt to determine what the guitar instructor wished me to do.
IT MADE ME INSANE!
On reflection they every most likely had a bit of the reality to assist me grow to be a live performance guitarist.
Additionally, looking back after I had launched the Alexander Approach into my taking part in, I noticed they taught me an entire lot of actually issues that made no bodily or approach sense.
Right here’s the purpose I’m making an attempt to make.
IF YOU’RE IN PHYSICAL TROUBLE ON YOUR INSTRUMENT OF IN YOUR SPORT, EVEN IF YOU MAKE CHANGES TO A SUPERIOR TECHNIQUE, IT WILL PROBABLY FOR A WHILE MAKE A DIFFERENCE IN TERMS OF HOW WELL YOU RUN OR PLAY YOUR INSTRUMENT. BUT EVENTUALLY YOU’LL BE BACK IN PHYSICAL TROUBLE LOOKING FOR SOMEONE OR SOMETHING TO SAVE YOU.
Why does this occur?
Since you deliver your identical bodily dangerous habits to the brand new approach, which sabotaged your earlier variations
Altering gears right here, how have you learnt in case your sports activities or instrumental approach is the absolute best?
You go to an authorized Alexander Approach instructor with expertise in sports activities or musical instrument and take his or her recommendation. The Alexander Approach instructor will educate you to grow to be totally conscious of the entire guidelines you want for excellent posture and nice approach.
It’s simple to lock in STACTIC good posture or STATIC approach in a sport or on an instrument, however the second you take a look at your posture and approach taking part in the violin or swinging a golf membership, you might in a short time discover out the idea doesn’t maintain up.
The issue nonetheless might not be you’re doing something inherently mistaken posturally or in your approach!
IT MAY BE THAT YOU DON’T KNOW HOW TO TAKE WHAT IS GOOD ADVICE ABOUT THE POSITION OF THE INSTRUMENT IN RELATION TO YOUR BODY, OR HOW TO KICK A SOCCER BALL INTO MOVEMENT.
The reply is, when you’ve got outlined what are the very best WHOLE BODY positions to play the harp with or kick the ball with, you’ll study from an Alexander Approach instructor the time earlier than you progress to carry out or play to be in complete physique launch and with a excessive power dynamic in the entire physique.
What does this imply?
IT MEANS BEFORE YOU VISUALLY MOVE, YOU ARE IN MOTION INTERNALLY, WHICH MEANS EVEN WHEN TECHNIQUE AND POSTURE ARE DEFINED IN WHAT WE CALL STATIC TERMS, THERE IS NO SUCH THING!
So, even earlier than you visually transfer, your physique is in an inner launch and in movement, and also you’re not going from zero to 60 immediately.
You’re most likely going from 40 to 60. 🙂