06 Sitting 101 - Learning to Control Your Legs

Описание: How are you supposed to sit on a chair? Most of us have never learned a thing about how sit. We’ve done it since we were children based entirely on what feels comfortable. Yet most people can’t sit comfortably on a flat chair, supporting themselves, for even a few minutes.

To change how you sit, you have to have a conception of how to best sit. If you don’t even know what would be a good way to sit, nothing you do will improve your sitting. This video will hit some of the basics of sitting, so you can begin to implement a rational plan to improve how you sit.

I offer lessons in the Initial Alexander Technique, which are conducted one-on-one with a teacher over Zoom. They are designed to help you gain conscious control over how you move your body. Most people have no idea what they’re doing with their body, and as they misuse their body, they end up with discomfort, pain, and other issues that they may not even realize are caused by what they’re doing to themselves. But how do you figure out what you’re doing wrong? And how do you change what you're doing and overcome lifelong habits?

In an Initial Alexander Technique lesson, you will record yourself through Zoom, so you will be able to see and understand what you are doing when you stand, sit, walk, and perform other simple gestures. With the assistance of your teacher, you will come to understand how you are misusing the mechanisms of your body, and you will gain the ability to choose to use yourself in a more sensible way. You can learn how to use your body without pain. You can break free from long held habits. All you need is a system that works.

For more information or to book a lesson, please visit my website: https://mechanicsofpoise.com/

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"No, what we need to do is not to educate our school furniture, but to educate our children. Give a child the ability to adapt himself within reasonable limits to his environment, and he will not suffer discomfort, nor develop bad physical habits, whatever chair or form you give him to sit upon."

F.M. Alexander