Body Mapping

I think that the biggest gains that I have received from this Alexander class has been Body Mapping and how thought affects one's body. These can be the same thing I guess. I think of Body Mapping more as how I think and see in my minds eye, what my body is and how it works. How thinking affects thought is more about how focused, grounded, scattered, or happy I am and how that changes how my body feels.

I got so much out of this class that it is hard to name everything. Up to this post is all that has struck me as significant or important on my Alexander Technique journey. Now this blog morphs into a more general yet personal version of People's Health. Check out the About pages on each to get the lowdown.

egg shaped beings full of giblets and lungs

Crazy week, just like all the other weeks, only this one has wiped my discursive thought right out. Along with them thoughts go any kind of following of homework. I guess that the noticing of habits is pretty easy. I was in a few good car wrecks that have left my spine unhappy. I am constantly playing with how to have good posture. I know what I am supposed to do, I just don't or can't do it. Not sure why.

I suspect that I don't keep good posture in part due to what is being called in the Body Learning book, unreliable sensory appreciation, debauched kinaesthesia, and stuff. So my habitual misuse crates a bit of a problem as far as me correcting my posture and Use goes.

I sit a lot unfortunately, and I am sure this causes a huge part of the problem.  I have taken to sitting on an exercise ball as a chair. I googled this phenomena and found that I'm not the lone nut . . .

 

Check out these kids, they know whats up . . .

 

and here are some models in case you have to be thought of as "normal" at the office or where ever . . .

An interesting article on why not to use a stability ball for an office chair, and interesting comments as to why you should. Interesting debate that has me asking, which chair company these authors are getting kick downs from, I am still all for it.

http://www.ergoweb.com/news/detail.cfm?id=1091

Links

http://freestylemind.com/exercise-ball-office-chair

http://sammamishreview.com/2009/10/27/new-%E2%80%98chairs%E2%80%99-help-carson-students-focus-on-work

http://www.lifehack.org/articles/lifestyle/10-reasons-to-use-an-exercise-ball-as-your-chair.html

http://fitnessblog.projo.com/2008/08/in-my-last-blog.html

http://www.buzzle.com/articles/exercise-ball-office-chair.html

The Key Muscles of Yoga: Scientific Keys

I found the website that goes along with that anatomy book we have in class, "The Key Muscles of Yoga: Scientific Keys, Volume I" by Ray Long and Chris Macivor. 


http://www.bandhayoga.com/index.html

Dig around in there, I found some great images and animations.