Richard Craze

Beat Back Pain with the Alexander Technique (eBook, ePUB)

A no-nonsense guide to overcoming back pain and improving overall wellbeing

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

The Alexander Technique is now proven to overcome back pain, and is recommended by the NHS to sufferers. Buying this book might save you a visit to your doctor, but more importantly will give you a simple, no-nonsense, step-by-step guide to how to use this technique. It makes the physical facts easy to understand and the spiritual aspect straightforward with simple language, making sure that you benefit from better mental health as well as a pain-free life.

NOT GOT MUCH TIME?

One, five and ten-minute introductions to key principles to get you started.

AUTHOR INSIGHTS

Lots of instant help with common problems and quick tips for success, based on the author's many years of experience.

TEST YOURSELF

Tests in the book and online to keep track of your progress.

EXTEND YOUR KNOWLEDGE

Extra online articles at www.teachyourself.com to give you a richer understanding of the Alexander Technique.

FIVE THINGS TO REMEMBER

Quick refreshers to help you remember the key facts.

TRY THIS

Innovative exercises illustrate what you've learnt and how to use it

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: John Murray Press
• Erscheinungstermin: 29. Januar 2010
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781444129168
• Artikelnr.: 39269531

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