Change Your Posture, Change Your Life: How the Power of the Alexander Technique can Combat Back Pain, Tension and Stress - Softcover

Richard Brennan

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1780280246 ISBN 13: 9781780280240

Publisher: Watkins Publishing, 2012

Synopsis

Change Your Posture, Change Your Life analyses the origin and development of the Alexander Technique, how it works and what are its benefits. In chapters ranging from 'The Secret Key to Good Posture' and 'The Hidden Obstacle to Improving Posture' to 'Your Inner Acrobat' and 'First Steps in Releasing Muscle Tension', Richard Brennan examines every aspect of the technique and how it can benefit everyone, young and old. This book will appeal to the many millions of parents and teachers who are increasingly concerned about the rapid deterioration of the posture of their children, who are frequently hunched over desks and computers, as well as their own posture. It will also be of great value to doctors, consultants and physiotherapists, who already realise that posture is a crucial factor in most healthcare, plus those in physical education (including yoga and pilates), all types of sports and the martial arts. And last but not least, the book will be of priceless value to all those who suffer from a wide range of muscular-skeletal problems, including arthritis, backache and headaches, as well as a whole range of other common ailments. With more and more people becoming aware of the role that good posture plays in treating ill health, this is the perfect introduction to implementing its benefits into your own life.

The Alexander Technique is a proven method for breaking down bodily tension to restore natural ease of movement. Change Your Posture, Change Your Life examines every aspect of the technique, from how to release muscle tension to the secret key to good posture.  This must-have guide will benefit all age groups and lifestyles: sufferers of muscular-skeletal problems like arthritis, backache, and headaches; parents concerned about their children's posture; anyone involved in sports and exercise; as well as musicians, actors, and health-care professionals.

Praise for Change Your Posture, Change Your Life

" Richard Brennan has written a lucid ,well illustrated and intelligent book on the Alexander Technique A  valuable contribution for those who desire a life of greater ease and less discomfort ."

Jack Stern MD PhD - Spinal Neurosurgeon, Dept of Neurosurgery, Yale School of Medicine
"Richard Brennan takes the reader through a step-by-step process of the Alexander Technique as a means of discovering both the cause of faulty posture and a route relief of pain and dysfunction."

Dr Glenna Batson, PT, ScD (neurology)

"Change Your Posture - Change Your Life is a beautifully lucid explanation of one of the most important approaches of our age to self-healing and optimum functioning."

Ingrid Bacci, PhD, author of The Effortless Art of Living

About this title

About the Author

Richard Brennan is a member of the Society of Teachers of the Alexander Technique (STAT) and has studied the Alexander Technique since 1983. He has been teaching it since 1989 and runs a busy practice in Galway, Ireland. He is the director of the internationally recognised Alexander Teacher Training College and was the co-founder and past president of the Irish Society of Alexander Technique Teachers (ISSAT). He travels extensively, giving talks and presenting courses on the technique throughout Europe and the USA, and over the last 20 years has been a pioneer in helping to make the technique accessible to many thousands of people. He is the author of four previous books on the Alexander Technique.

Edition details

• Publisher: Watkins Publishing
• Publication date: 2012
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1780280246
• ISBN 13: 9781780280240
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 192