Alexander Technique and Doctors, Dentists, Dental Hygienists, Hairdressers, etc.
Sometimes when we go we go these people we are put in weird positions, and I’m not talking about having to foot the bill.
Which reminds me of one more: Podiatrists. The weird position I’m talking about has to do with what we have to do with our necks and bodies so that these professionals can do their jobs. (You might eventually notice what they’re doing with their necks!)
Dental hygienists, and even doctors, aren’t taught about the Alexander Technique in their training. If they did have some experience with the AT, their own postural habits might be a lot different.
Sometimes people actually ask us to put our heads ‘back and down’, something not desirable. Even when they ask us to be in this potentially harmful position, we still have a choice. We can put our heads back (a backward rotation as we might do when we look up), but it doesn’t have to be pressing down on the spine. Looking up or down without compressing is a classic example of how the Alexander Technique helps us in our everyday lives.
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1. Become aware, and then let go of the muscles in the back of your neck.
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