The Benefits Of Alexander Technique Exercises

By Kristen Baird


You know that exercise is good for you. It helps to boost your mood and improve your life. The health benefits of regular exercise and physical activity are very hard to ignore. The benefits of exercises are all yours regardless of your age, sex and physical ability. Once you consider regular exercise, you have also considered a quality life.

There are numbers of exercises taught in different ways. One of the mots famous approaches today is the Alexander technique exercises. It helps to improve proper posture and movements caused by unhelpful habits. During the sessions, you will be taught with proper position of body and correct poor postures. Through this, you will be able to move efficiently.

Every teacher of this approach knows that it can help to get rid of excess body tensions and relieves body problems, such as neck ache, back pain and sore shoulders or other musculoskeletal problems. Conditions, such as backaches are usually results of misused body for a long period of time. So, sitting or standing and moving improperly are some of those unhelpful habits that have caused such problems.

Therefore, the aim of the Alexander technique is to teach and help you learn those good habits and achieve a more balanced and naturally aligned body. It has been proven that this technique has the potential to improve specific health conditions. The key principles on the other hand includes how you move, stand, sit and how could it affect your functions.

In addition to that, the principles also tackle about a mindful way with your regular activities and the best ways to gain benefits. The body and mind also work together and influence others. Mostly, the relationship of the head, neck and spine is also necessary to boost your ability and to function well. Once you learn and apply this approach, it also helps proper coordination, breathing and balance.

The lessons will be taught by qualified teachers and takes place in a clinic or studio that last for thirty to sixty minutes. You will be asked to wear comfortable or loose clothing so that you are able to move freely and easily. The teacher will be observing your movements and show you the proper way to move with better balance and less strain.

They will also use their hand to guide you gently in your movements. During your sessions, you will be helped to explore and discover the best and possible ways to go about your daily activities. You will practice applying the technique while sitting, standing, lying down or even walking and maintain a better relationship between your spine, back, neck and head. You only have to attend numerous lessons to learn and understand the basics of the technique.

Once you have understood the prime principles, you can already apply them to your everyday life. Actually, according to many experts, Alexander technique may also benefit people of all levels of physical fitness and of all ages. It is quite effective to help relieve back aches. It helps most elderly in improving their balance skills and to avoid falls. It is also beneficial for individuals with Parkinson Disease.

It also helps them to make some changes in their lifestyle and in physical and mental outcomes. For people, the lessons are safe and no health risks. But, this may not be suitable for individuals with severe spinal stenosis, specific spinal injury, fracture of the bones in the spine and people with severe pain from ruptures disc.




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