What is the best way to get healing?
You've had physio, massage, you've tried everything, it helps for a bit. After a while it all comes back again!
If your knee hurts, your neck aches; you have constant headaches; your shoulders sting; your wrists twinge with pain all the time. The list goes on. 
You cant spend long at your desk and you just want to go and rest:
You back constantly throbs; you go to the gym but it seems to hurt you more; your muscles just don't ease off, somewhere is always hurting ...I have answers for you.
While pregnant, living a busy family life, rushing to work every day, my back collapsed. Many years, countless treatments and exercises later, this unique form of healing worked so well with me, I immediately knew I wanted to become a teacher. A skill for life! The Alexander Technique.
Self knowledge is empowering; your own means to unlock the habitual ways of being, moving, using yourself. Moment by moment your muscular system is obeying your mind’s dictates whether you know it or not. Through knowledge of how it all works, we can explore and be our own healers.
Try this simple exploration:
- Lie flat on the floor; put two books under your head so your neck is not crunched.
- Slowly slide one leg up so your knee bends (to balanced leg) – Use minimal effort.
- Gently drop your knee outward, so the pelvis doesn’t move. (When the pelvis moves, some part of you thinks the pelvis and back are joined).
- Bring the leg back to the centre.
- Let the back remain spreading across the floor and slide the leg down. Now try the other leg.
This movement generally surprises people due to how jerky it is.
- Moreover, it shows how poorly coordinated we can be.
- Don’t be distressed if knees can’t move far.
- Bend both legs, fall gently onto your side, come up from knees.
- Sit.
Shohan Tucker, Auckland Graphic Designer and Singer said after coming to me:
I found out that my neck pain while using my computer was due to the way I had been using myself. My head was not balanced on my shoulders, I adjusted the height of my computer monitor and corrected my posture and my neck pain went away.
It taught me that I have power over the pain and just taking a moment to stop and actually think about how your body is positioned gave me so much freedom and the chance to work and live a more comfortable and productive life.
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