♦ Letting the eyes move freely about has a big effect on the way the body moves and can help keep the neck free. One thing which used to help me but seems to have less effect now is trying to relinquish control of what I’m looking at - just freeing the eyes and seeing whatever they happen to look at can help to perceive the head as a part of the whole body and avoid narrow focus.
Came across this article on “Somatic Education” (including AT) - to read in more detail tomorrow. Mentions Hanna Somatic Education & the Feldenkrais method in connection to the startle reflex (fear reflex) as the fundamental cause of postural distortion. Funny how I never even really explicitly thought of fear as part of this until I started this journal last week. It had occurred to me before though - keeping this journal is serving its intended purpose.
In fact there’s loads of interesting stuff in that article - note to self: READ IT TOMORROW.
Another article mentioned the “Pandicular Response” (in relation to Hanna SE) as a reponse of the body to “neuromuscular refreshment” when a sufficiently different sensory experience occurs - find more on this. Sounds like this is what happens when you apply AT and break old habits of movement.
I’m starting to notice the first effects of applying the “right-brain” mental imagery of the horizontal “director” and vertical “motor” sections (mentioned in previous posts) on my posture & movement. I’ll continue applying this over the coming days.
Note: thoughts of moving my head “up” my spine to correct the body mapping issue are becoming less effective than they were. Is this because I’m focusing on other things or have they done their work? I’ll continue trying with this because I’ve come across it in the past and it’s been forgotten when I’m sure there’s value in it.
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