Learning to walk

I’ve been taking lessons over the last few weeks/months to learn the Alexander Technique.  My reason for doing this was to try and improve my posture but mostly to eliviate neck pain.  My understanding of the Alexander Technique is that it should help to improve general well-being, eliviate back/neck pain, muscular tension, stiffness and even improve breathing to name but a few.  Essentially you learn how to move muscles and joints more freely and easily. 

So far the lessons have been going well, they usually include being aware of how to stand properly, the mechanics of how to sit and there’s an exercise which involves you lying down and putting a thought process into lengthening the muscles and freeing the joints.  However, my last lesson I learnt how to walk again!  I had no idea I had the mechanisms of the process so wrong!  It did seem very odd to start with but over the last couple of days I’ve practised the technique on and off and its becoming more natural.

Now to be honest I’ve found it difficult to remind myself during an average day of how to move using the Alexander Technique, especially when busy at work.  The more lessons I have though the better I’m becoming at remembering the movements to use and I’m putting them into practice more.  I’ve also found myself at the beginning having negative thoughts regarding the technique and wondering if its worth continuing, but each time I go to the lesson I find it so invigorating I book the next lesson.

If you’re interested in the Alexander Technique, take a look at my tutor’s website (link below)!

http://www.alexandertechnique-ipswich.co.uk/

FM Alexander

Give blood…

I went along to the Blood Donor centre the other day after reading a friend’s blog.  He’s currently going through chemotherapy for Mantle Cell Lymphoma and suggested to those who said “if there’s anything I can do…” to go along and consider donating blood – so I did.  I have to say they were very efficient.  The parish hall was constantly buzzing with people but I didnt sit around for long before being spoken to by one person or another making sure I knew what was involved etc., etc.  So, anyone considering giving blood, here’s the website to take a look at!

http://www.blood.co.uk/