On sports: “It should be an experience of pleasure, happiness and healthy recreation to all concerned, not an unnatural struggle involving distortion and loss of consciousness through the ‘determination’ to gain an end even at the cost of personal exhaustion and damage.”
From: “The Trouble With Physical Exercises”
By F. Matthias Alexander, the developer of the “Alexander [...]
When we speak of adjusting any part of the body, it is often the spinal adjustments we are referring to. But almost any joint can become strained and distorted. And most joints can also be manipulated and adjusted including those in the skull and the chest. Chest adjustment, particularly near the top of the chest, [...]
Most of us sit for long periods of time. We sit at the computer, our desk, in the car, or on a chair or couch when we read or watch TV. For many of us sitting defines what we are actually doing most of the day. And the fact is so much sitting can have [...]
A good recliner can be a fine place to have a period of rest and relaxation. Take a mini vacation from the hustle and bustle and find a half hour or forty minutes to just consciously rest and relax. It might not be as easy as you think. Our natural restlessness [...]
Yoga and meditation have a long history and yet what we have come to know in the West now as yoga is really only the tip of the iceberg and a tip that has probably formed more recently than many realize. The ancient practice of yoga was much more meditative and contemplative, characterized by a [...]