Summary of Missy Vineyard's How You Stand, How You Move, How You Live

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#1 I met with John, a middle-aged man who hoped the Alexander Technique would help him rid himself of the pain he experienced from his frozen right shoulder. His arms were pressed inward against his ribs.

#2 We often don’t know we are doing something, like tensing our neck muscles when we move our head. It is surprising how much we don’t notice about how we use our body.

#3 John’s right shoulder was lower than his left. He knew he made it worse because he pulled his right shoulder up around his ear, but he didn’t realize that it was part of his particular way of moving his body.

#4 The next time you are doing a movement, pay attention to your posture. If you have a tendency to pull your right shoulder up, try pressing it down instead. You should notice a difference in your posture.

• Language: English
• Publisher: IRB Media
• Release date: May 17, 2022
• ISBN: 9798822518551

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Insights on Missy Vineyard's How You Stand, How You Move, How You Live

Contents

Insights from Chapter 1

Insights from Chapter 2

Insights from Chapter 3

Insights from Chapter 4

Insights from Chapter 5

Insights from Chapter 6

Insights from Chapter 7

Insights from Chapter 8

Insights from Chapter 9

Insights from Chapter 10

Insights from Chapter 11

Insights from Chapter 12

Insights from Chapter 13

Insights from Chapter 14

Insights from Chapter 15

Insights from Chapter 16

Insights from Chapter 17

Insights from Chapter 18

Insights from Chapter 19

Insights from Chapter 20

Insights from Chapter 21

Insights from Chapter 22

Insights from Chapter 23

Insights from Chapter 24

Insights from Chapter 25

Insights from Chapter 1

#1

I met with John, a middle-aged man who hoped the Alexander Technique would help him rid himself of the pain he experienced from his frozen right shoulder. His arms were pressed inward against his ribs.

#2

We often don’t know we are doing something, like tensing our neck muscles when we move our head. It is surprising how much we don’t notice about how we use our body.

#3

John’s right shoulder was lower than his left. He knew he made it worse because he pulled his right shoulder up around his ear, but he didn’t realize that it was part of his particular way of moving his body.

#4

The next time you are doing a movement, pay attention to your posture. If you have a tendency to pull your right shoulder up, try pressing it down instead. You should notice a difference in your posture.

Insights from Chapter 2

#1

The Alexander Technique is an educational approach that teaches you how to use your body more efficiently. It can help you reduce muscle tension and improve your locomotion system, which can reduce your symptoms.

#2

The human locomotor system is designed for standing upright and moving with balance and coordination, but many people fail to achieve it. The solution is to restore this system to normal functioning by learning to prevent the movement habits that are pulling your body out of kilter, and learn to move your body more consciously with efficiency and skill.

Insights from Chapter 3

#1

The first vertebrates were amphibians and later reptiles that moved out of the water by turning gills into lungs and fins into emerging limbs. Other locomotor strategies were derived as offshoots of this. Birds turned scales into feathers and forelimbs into wings to leave the ground altogether.

#2

The human locomotor strategy, which is a combination of the fish’s and the quadruped’s, involves balancing your head and trunk vertically on top of extending legs.

#3

The human body progresses from being a fishlike embryo to an upright stance over a nine-month gestation period and a year after birth. The head is supported by the muscles of the back rather than the front of the body, which helps prevent