For a couple of good reasons, I think that body surface sensations, among all the sensations, “rule.”  First, they are “cool,” cool in the sense that they can prove to...

When any concept is given visual imagery to help express it, it puts meat on the idea’s bones. We live in the age of reason… or, perhaps, it is that we...

Over the years as I have developed Posture Release Imagery, I have found myself developing a fondness for older, less currently common terms and a slightly unusual usage of words....

Within the Alexander Technique, the “monkey” is the name frequently used when talking about a general position that FM Alexander considered a particularly healthy position, a position of mechanical advantage....

This is just a short, refined “statement of purpose” of Posture Release Imagery. The need to clarify the meanings of words and the intents of their use is ongoing. I...

Posture Release Imagery could be described, perhaps, as status imagery… as opposed to motor imagery. Yet, it is most certainly about movement, just as motor imagery is. It moves us...

The term, core stability, is used by many exercise regimens these days. Does the concept have value? Well, to me, it does… a bit. To me, core stability is a...

The new illustration above and the image exercise I explain below started with my effort to depict a way to discuss developing a panoramic view of things. I drew circles...

“Suck it up” may seem like an unsympathetic order if someone is barking it at you when you are complaining or crying. But if you use it as a form...

Not only do we tend to have “bad” posture, but we tend to make bad use of the word, posture. The two problems are undoubtedly related. The word posture, in...

Function follows form in anything living. How an animal, for instance, is shaped determines how it functions. That is obvious. I also think that how it is shaped helps determine...

We use imagery whether we try to or not. Our unconscious images, which you might call our “self-images,” make up our attitude, our holding patterns, our postural habits. Every movement...

I think that I am beginning to see another principle, or part of a principle, of healthy posture that applies to imagery, our nervous system, and kinesthetic sensations. That principle...

I have the constant desire to find another image or metaphor to explain the dorsal/ventral relationship. The “dorsal” surfaces of these buildings are the roofs and walls. The “ventral” portion...

I have always liked the phrase, firm but gentle, and have often appreciated people who seem to have these combined qualities. It is something to which we should aspire, no?...

Success with Posture Release Imagery requires some curiosity and willingness to experience sometimes odd or seemingly “wrong” sensations. It also requires a little tenacity because, for various reasons, the imagery...

Habit: a usual way of behaving: something that a person does often in a regular and repeated way. (Merriam-Webster) The word has some other definitions such as: clothing worn by...

“Calm up and tense down” is a short sentence that many have found useful. How about trying out this post’s suggestion, to sit while standing and stand while sitting, as...

Many of us are aware (or vaguely suspect) that habit causes us neck, shoulder, back, or lower back pain, for instance. We have moved beyond blaming all of our pain...