Standing with lengthened back<\/figcaption><\/figure>\nWhen standing we can find our full height, not by bracing and pushing up but simply by learning not to pull down which is what most of us do most of the time. \u00a0The picture on the right shows our tendency to pull down, giving rounded shoulders and a tendency to pull the head back (causing neck and back tension) as well as unnatural tilting of the hips and bracing in the back and legs.<\/p>\n
We need to notice when we do these things as through habit they will feel completely normal and right. \u00a0We \u00a0need to want to change this. Observe what other people do and then yourself. \u00a0 Tell yourself to stop pulling down but do not try to do anything, stop tensing the neck and think up away from your feet with the top of your head, eyes facing forward. \u00a0Your weight should be going through the front of the heel pad and then spreading through the foot.<\/p>\n
Being able to return to a relaxed but lengthened standing position during gardening sessions is essential as it is the starting and ending of most of the movements that we will do.<\/p>\n
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The gardening season is getting underway and it seems timely to give some tips on how to look after yourself when gardening. I will talk about a different task in each blog. It is important to be able to stand with a relaxed poise and lengthened spine before you start. \u00a0This takes practice and for … Continue reading Gardening without pain<\/span> →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-121","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.alexandertechnique4change.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/121","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.alexandertechnique4change.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.alexandertechnique4change.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.alexandertechnique4change.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.alexandertechnique4change.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=121"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.alexandertechnique4change.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/121\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":127,"href":"https:\/\/www.alexandertechnique4change.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/121\/revisions\/127"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.alexandertechnique4change.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=121"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.alexandertechnique4change.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=121"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.alexandertechnique4change.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=121"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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