Posture Release Imagery is, first of all, imagery. Therefore, I suggest that you spend some time looking at the images above and notice whatever you do about them. You will, most probably, have some sense of what some of the images and their relationships to others suggest to you. That may be true even though you don’t have the words for it.
Video 1: Introduction to the
Dorsal and Ventral Surfaces
Next, this video will introduce one of PRI’s central discoveries, that of the dorsal and ventral surfaces. Feeling and imagining different qualities on these two surface are the first steps in freeing the body from habitual patterns.
Video 2: The Dorsal and Ventral Relationship
Long before humans stood upright, every creature balanced its life between two surfaces, one facing the earth and one facing the sky.
In the next video, I will discuss how that same dorsal–ventral relationship still shapes your posture, your emotions, and your sense of support.
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Notes / Short Papers
Posture and Habit
Giving posture back its stature
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...
Read MoreWhere is habit located?
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...
Read MoreWe are not our habits
The word, habit, has some other definitions, such as clothing worn by a member of a religious order or substance abuse, such as drug abuse. All definitions, including words like...
Read MoreBody Opposite Imagery
Sit while you stand…Stand while you sit
“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...
Read MorePush… even when you are pulling
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...
Read More“Core Stability” – from my point of view
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...
Read MoreAlexander Technique
The floating monkey
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.
Read MorePlus One More
Tactile-kinesthetic sensations RULE
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...
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