Alexander technical experts pointed out that all diseases are related to the shape and use of muscles except genetic diseases, allergic diseases and infectious diseases.
Although we are with our bodies every day, we can't live without our muscles all the time. Ironically, a large number of people have bad posture when using their bodies, which leads to the distortion of muscles, tendons and soft tissues, resulting in pain, high blood pressure, insomnia, depression, hunchback, procrastination and aging. These are not completely solved by injection and medicine. Medicine, massage, acupuncture, bathing and sauna may relieve for a period of time, but they cannot be cured. If you want to cure it, you must stop hurting your body, that is, learn to use muscles.
The author has rich self-experience, because learning Alexander's skills has changed his life, so he is determined to introduce this magical, scientific and natural health concept into China, so that all China people can benefit from it, so that young people can be elegant in temperament, so that middle-aged and elderly people will no longer be troubled by endless diseases such as neck, shoulder, back and leg pain, migraine, insomnia and depression, and the burden of medical treatment for ordinary people will be greatly reduced.
I hope that in the near future, there will be no hunched young people and middle-aged and elderly people in the streets, men, women and children, shopping malls, campuses and workplace workshops. Instead, they will be self-confident, soft-eyed, elegant and able to walk steadily at the age of 80 in China.
As the saying goes, three generations make a noble, but Alexander's skill can make people elegant and as noble and beautiful as a noble in their lifetime, and aristocratic education is nothing more than the essence of Alexander's skill.
Alexandria is different from yoga, Tai Chi and Qigong. You don't need to practice every day. It only needs people to know the running trend of their bodies and muscles, feel their bodies under the guidance of Alexander's technique, and get rid of bad physical habits in the past, so as to guide their bodies to run well.
Alexander technique requires people to know their bad habits first, learn to use the muscles of the whole body correctly, naturally and harmoniously, so that physical strength is no longer wasted unnecessarily, and learn to do the most things with the least effort, so that people can live easily and not be tired.
Understand the shape and operation of human muscles.
There are 650 muscles in the human body, which are distributed all over the body: limbs, face, neck, shoulders, waist, buttocks, abdomen, heart, vocal cords, diaphragm, bladder, rectum, anus and even brain and skull.
Usually, we think that bones are the framework of human body, but they can't be supported independently. Supporting bones are muscles attached to them. If there is no muscle, bones will collapse to the ground, just like a pile of broken bones. The skeleton model of human body is supported by steel frame, because the skeleton can't stand on its own feet.
The function of muscles is to drive human movement through contraction and relaxation. Muscles are attached to bones. Through the contraction and relaxation of muscles, bones can make various actions, such as gestures, standing, listening, running and lying down. If we don't use muscles naturally, it will cause muscle distortion and pain, and it will also cause joint muscle bond damage and pathological changes. The nerves of the whole body are connected in series in the muscles. If the muscles contract and deform, the blood flow is not smooth, causing nerve spasm and pain.
In ancient times, in order to survive, human ancestors struggled with wild animals in the vast wild nature in order to have adequate food and clothing. At that time, the living conditions were very low and everywhere was very dangerous, so human beings must have the instinct to defend against danger, that is, to secrete adrenaline. Whenever there is a wild animal attack, the human body will secrete adrenaline, which makes the muscles highly contract, the blood speeds up, the heart beats faster, and the body becomes highly alert. In this abnormal state, people produce extremely fast speed and great energy to escape the attack of wild animals. This kind of emergency response is very necessary in times of danger, but if you are in this state of emergency for a long time, the human body will become unable to relax, unbearable and anxious, and will be riddled with diseases over time. However, in modern society, the pace of people's life is getting faster and faster, and people's sense of tension is getting stronger and stronger. The human body continuously secretes adrenaline, and stress is one of the most used words in contemporary society.
The so-called tension is that muscle tension causes brain tension and emotional tension. Muscle tension causes neck, shoulder, waist and leg pain, while brain tension causes migraine, insomnia, forgetfulness, anxiety and depression. More importantly, the heart is also a muscle. The so-called myocardial infarction is something wrong with the muscles of the heart. Scientists point out that muscle is the second heart, and the health of muscle directly affects the health of heart and cardiovascular and cerebrovascular diseases.
The human body is 78% water, and people made of water should be as flexible and flexible as water, and there are infinite possibilities for posture changes. Please observe a 9-month-old child. Look at his little body turning around. His small arms, legs and waist can be twisted, which is extremely flexible. Look at the child's sitting posture. Children under one year old can sit for a long time without bending or swaying. The child's flexible and flexible state is the natural harmony of the human body. Each of us was so natural, flexible and harmonious, but later we lost it. Alexander technique is to teach us how to restore the original posture.
The organ responsible for breathing in the human body is the diaphragm, which is a flat muscle located below the chest and connected to the ribs. The rise and fall of diaphragm triggers the breathing movement of human body. When inhaling, the diaphragm drops to fill the alveoli with air, while when exhaling, the diaphragm rises, the lung space becomes smaller, and the gas is exhaled. Diaphragm has worked day and night all her life, never stopping and never getting tired. It can be seen that the diaphragm is very strong and is naturally responsible for breathing. However, about one-third of people waste their strengths, take advantage of their shortcomings, and let the diaphragm idle, but let the chest and shoulders fall together to breathe. That is to say, if the Monkey King is abandoned and Pig Bajie is enabled, whatever can be managed will be ignored, and whatever can't be managed will be ignored, which is against the laws of nature. Causes the human body to be short of breath, the chest to be oppressed, overwhelmed and exhausted! It has laid a curse for insomnia, anxiety, depression and other diseases. The operation of the brain
On weekdays, we raise our hands, shake our heads, lie down, stand and run, think and talk, exhale and inhale, all by our muscles. For example, if you sit at home and hear someone knocking at the door, it takes your brain one twentieth of a second to give an order, stand up, walk to the door and reach for the door. This action is done by your brain and your body. Thinking is inseparable from the brain, and action is inseparable from the muscles.
We know that the brain is an organ with hundreds of millions of brain cells, but the thinking we can operate is only about 13% of that of brain cells, and the rest are subconscious or subconscious. Why can't we control our subconscious mind? Because only the cells of the conscious mind are surrounded by muscles, the operation of these muscles determines whether the thinking function of the conscious mind is normal, so when we are tired, the brain will be dull. The reason why we are dull is not that the brain cells are tired, but that the muscles that control these brain cells are tired and too nervous to work. Then you may ask, how does the function of internal organs work? Viscera are also operated by muscles. Why do you say that? The heart is the commander-in-chief of internal organs, and the heart is the muscle. You must have heard the word myocardial infarction, which means that the muscles of the heart have changed. The heart contracts and relaxes as many as100000 times a day. Through contraction and relaxation, blood can flow to the organs of the whole body, so the liver, kidney, spleen, stomach, intestine, gallbladder and lung can only work by supplying blood, and the beating of the heart itself can't be controlled, but we can control it indirectly, that is, by breathing. If you breathe slowly, your heart will beat slowly. If you breathe short, your heart will beat quickly. Therefore, if you control your muscles, you control your health.
Alexander technology (Alexander
Alexander later recalled that his health had been poor in his early years. He was a premature baby and was very weak after birth. If his mother had not supported him with great perseverance and determination, he would never have lived in this world.
Alexander's mother is an outstanding woman who is quite famous among the local population. She is a midwife. It is said that whenever she receives the news that there is a baby, she will jump over the fence immediately and even wait for her family to open the door for her. One day, she was crossing the road when she was knocked down by a carriage and her wrist was crushed under the wheel. The doctor told her that her wrist was failing and would never return to normal function. However, this strong woman is not discouraged. For more than half a year, she tried her best to keep exercising, and finally completely recovered the normal function of her injured hand.
Spirit and personality are often passed down from generation to generation. Alexander, like his mother, dares to face confusion and challenge the limits.
Just as Mr. Alexander was ambitious and ready to climb the peak of his career, his voice suddenly stopped working and the quality of his performance dropped sharply. He is very anxious. In confusion, he practiced singing more vigorously. I didn't expect it to get worse with practice. Finally, his throat was completely broken. Not only can he not perform on the stage, but even his daily speech has become a problem. In order to prepare for a big performance, he decided to ask a doctor to help him cure his voice. He went to see a doctor, and the doctor advised him to rest, so he didn't practice his voice or speak loudly as suggested by the doctor. Before the performance, his voice was really good and he performed happily on the stage. However, something happened that made him have a nervous breakdown. Halfway through the performance, his voice began to hoarse, and at the end of the performance, he could hardly make a sound. He was very sad and went to see the doctor again. He said to the doctor, could it be that I used my wrong voice? The doctor said it was possible. He asked the doctor, can you teach me the correct way to use my voice? The doctor said that no one understood this aspect, and he himself was deeply puzzled. Alexander thought, since the doctor can't cure his problem, it seems that only he can find a way. From then on, he began a difficult and long discussion, thinking and observation.
Alexander started with his own voice and observed the discussion. He found that when he recited, he could not help leaning his head back and panting hard. After a long period of observation and thinking, he finally found that the action of raising his head was the culprit, squeezing the vocal cords and causing hoarseness. More importantly, this upward movement can compress the lumbar spine and shorten and narrow the upper body. After countless failures and repetitions, as well as further discussions and failures, Alexander finally succeeded, which not only cured his voice, but also greatly improved his overall health.
More and more people come to him for treatment. He left Tazman Island and went to Melbourne, Australia, where he started training classes and schools to teach him how to use his body. After that, he went to British management classes and schools. ...
/kloc-for more than 0/00 years, scientists, doctors, scholars, artists and patients all over the world have been discussing and studying Alexander's technology. Today, Alexander's technology is more exquisite, thorough and comprehensive, extending from the initial upper body muscle problems to the whole body muscle operation, and has been deeply developed in many fields such as medical care, health care and daily physical maintenance. Nowadays, in the western world, there are Alexander trainers and Alexander Skills Association everywhere. From time to time, books on Alexander skills are published, and Alexander skills clinics are everywhere. In addition, every actor, singer, performer and dancer who wants to enter the entertainment circle must learn Alexander's skills.
I found a video about Alexander's skills on Uniqlo, which is a very helpful tutorial.