Mind and Body Stress Relief With the Alexander Technique - Softcover

A new look at the benefits of the Alexander Technique for mental stress and exploring the mind/body connection

Your body shows the signs of stress – backache, shoulder tension, headaches, asthma, frequent colds and high blood pressure. This book shows how maintaining control and letting go of unnecessary muscular tension can help these symptoms.

Using Alexander Techniques – postural techniques and breathing helps you to counter anxiety, panic attacks, depression and other stresses.

Alexander realised there is an inseparable unity between body, mind and emotions – mental stress will lend to muscle tension and emotional instability. This book will enable people to counter this and take control.

A new look at the Alexander philosophy in the centenary of his Technique. Related in a practical and appealing way to the stressful world we live in and the common stress illnesses that one in four people are suffering from with useful exercises.

Are you rushing through life as if it is something to be coped with rather than to be enjoyed?

Is your body giving you warming signs of the mental and physical stress you are under? Typical symptoms of stress include backache, neck or shoulder tension, headaches, insomnia, frequent colds, asthma, digestive problems and high blood pressure. Being under stress can become a habit, making it hard to relax. It can also affect your breathing and bring on feelings of panic and anxiety.

What can the Alexander technique do for you?

'Increase your self-confidence'. Stress tends to affect people with low self-esteem so that they feel unable to say ‘no’ even when they are already under pressure. The skills you learn will help you treat yourself with more care.

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Alleviate symptoms of depression'. When you learn how to improve your posture you will gradually feel less in a ‘slump’ and more interested in life.

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Make you less anxious'. Learning how to breathe correctly will help you feel calm and centred, making it easier to concentrate and organise your life better.

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Relax your body'. Stress causes excessive muscular tension. You will learn how to release it and move through life with greater ease.

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Build your emotional health'. You will feel happier and more at ease with others as internal and external conflict is reduced.

In this book Richard Brennan, author of 'The Alexander Technique Manual', shows us how to gain emotional, mental and spiritual balance in our lives using simple techniques to improve our posture, breathing and way of thinking.