Richard Craze

Beat Back Pain with the Alexander Technique

Teach Yourself

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Previously published as: Alexander technique. 2003.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: McGraw-Hill Education LLC (Professional Pod)
• Seitenzahl: 192
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. Mai 2011
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 196mm x 129mm x 19mm
• Gewicht: 183g
• ISBN-13: 9781444101027
• ISBN-10: 1444101021
• Artikelnr.: 27080881

Autorenporträt

Author of over 60 books and expert on alternative therapies and new age medicine, Richard Craze discovered the Alexander Technique when it was recommended to him by a friend to address constant pain from an old injury. Reinvigorated by the experience, he went on to found a very successful publishing company and to resume exercise and a hectic lifestyle in a pain-free manner.

Inhaltsangabe

1. : introduction
2.
* : what is the Alexander Technique?
* : why Alexander?
* : who can learn it?
* : what it isn’t
* : putting it into practice
* : how does it work?
* : what’s the technique of the Alexander
* : Technique?
* : additional benefits
3. 01: a history of the Alexander Technique
4.
* : Alexander’s early history
* : the manner of doing
* : not doing
* : primary control
* : putting it all together
* : psychophysical integrity
* : the work
* : spreading the word
* : the Alexander Technique today
* : summary
5. 02: what is the Alexander Technique?
6.
* : the fundamental things
* : summary
7. 03: what’s it for?
8.
* : flight or fight?
* : letting go of excess tension
* : coping with stress
* : falling down again
* : the two types of muscles
* : moral superiority
* : the three ways of doing
* : the four stages of doing
* : summary
9. 04: who can benefit from it?
10.
* : case history
* : suitable candidates
* : suitable cases for treatment
* : freeing ourselves from illness
* : end gainers and A types
* : summary
11. 05: how is it done with guidance?
12.
* : watching yourself
* : what does it cost?
* : a typical lesson
* : your first lesson
* : the teachers
* : summary
13. 06: how to do it for yourself
14.
* : misconceptions
* : are you aligned?
* : the two parts of the Technique
* : are you sitting comfortably?
* : emotional contortionists
* : go for a walk
* : semi-supine position
* : summary
15. 07: practical applications
16.
* : the operating system
* : emotional tensions
* : thinking ahead
* : how to enjoy exercise more
* : thinking for ourselves
* : summary
17. 08: the body explained
18.
* : the spinal column
* : the head
* : the back
* : muscles
* : nerves
* : bones
* : the holistic approach
* : how the Technique can help us
* : summary
19. : taking it further
20.
* : general Information on STAT
* : bibliography
* : Alexander Technique abroad
* : Alexander Technique and the Internet
21. : chapter summary and?checklist
22. : index