AEQ is a method that helps us feel ourselves more realistically through a higher awareness of the body so we can learn to fulfill our needs appropriately. It offers us the knowledge that we need to understand the unpleasantness that comes up when we start reconnecting with ourselves - it helps us be less afraid of our own truth which is kept in the body and the subconscious.

I am a teacher of AEQ method Level 5 and I work with clients with various movement and movement patterns issues daily. I am also the author of the book “Getting out of chronic pain with light movement”. Learning AEQ method and AEQ exercises will change your life in a tangible way – without needing to take any medications; it will create many positive changes in your life. You will learn how to retrain your brain and your body to lessen sensory-motor amnesia (SMA), to end pain and to change the restrictions of your movement.

Program goals:

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AEQ online programs are meant for everyone who would like to fix their chronic tension, their inability to sense themselves and their lack of understanding of the reasons for the undesired states that they keep finding themselves in. The effect of sensory-motor amnesia (SMA) is very strong and can put us in despair even when we don’t want to or even if we don’t understand why is it happening to us.

AEQ online programs are meant for everyone who would like to fix their chronic tension, their inability to sense themselves and their lack of understanding of the reasons for the undesired states that they keep finding themselves in. The effect of sensory-motor amnesia (SMA) is very strong and can put us in despair even when we don’t want to or even if we don’t understand why is it happening to us.

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30-day programs help us to begin understanding these states and lessening our SMA through AEQ exercises and AEQ breathing.

30-day programs help us to begin understanding these states and lessening our SMA through AEQ exercises and AEQ breathing.

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The role of the teacher is dual: he needs to direct all the participants correctly and he needs to know how to interpret the meaning of physical experiences and verbal expressions of each individual when necessary.

The role of the teacher is dual: he needs to direct all the participants correctly and he needs to know how to interpret the meaning of physical experiences and verbal expressions of each individual when necessary.

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The key for eliminating chronic pain is the understanding of what we feel and sense and that is what the AEQ approach is based on – to intertwine theory and practice through AEQ exercises. Another very important role of a teacher is to notice the participant’s attitude and his tolerance to stress during AEQ exercises and through his level of attention that he gives to the AEQ exercises. A teacher is there to observe the relationship that the ego has toward the body while performing the exercise.

The key for eliminating chronic pain is the understanding of what we feel and sense and that is what the AEQ approach is based on – to intertwine theory and practice through AEQ exercises. Another very important role of a teacher is to notice the participant’s attitude and his tolerance to stress during AEQ exercises and through his level of attention that he gives to the AEQ exercises. A teacher is there to observe the relationship that the ego has toward the body while performing the exercise.

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I often see stubbornness, hatred, reluctance and tantrums that come from the subconscious and are completely unnecessary whilst doing the exercises – this is what creates the excessive stress that is caused by the AEQ exercise. This kind of relationship between the ego and the body is also the main reason for chronic pain and unrealistic feeling states that bring individuals into my office – their attention is too low and their amount of stress too high. I help them change their relationship and their attitude toward the exercise and toward themselves by leading them through the AEQ exercise and by an in-depth explanation of why does this kind of situation happen and the role that pain plays in it.

I often see stubbornness, hatred, reluctance and tantrums that come from the subconscious and are completely unnecessary whilst doing the exercises – this is what creates the excessive stress that is caused by the AEQ exercise. This kind of relationship between the ego and the body is also the main reason for chronic pain and unrealistic feeling states that bring individuals into my office – their attention is too low and their amount of stress too high. I help them change their relationship and their attitude toward the exercise and toward themselves by leading them through the AEQ exercise and by an in-depth explanation of why does this kind of situation happen and the role that pain plays in it.

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When doing the AEQ method you will not get results by pushing and forcing. The goal is to feel the execution and not the execution itself. As the founder and regular practitioner of AEQ method I know, feel and understand the effects of AEQ exercises very well – this is why I can help people get the most out of the AEQ method and AEQ exercises, through observation of participants and comprehension of the reasons for their execution and behavior.

When doing the AEQ method you will not get results by pushing and forcing. The goal is to feel the execution and not the execution itself. As the founder and regular practitioner of AEQ method I know, feel and understand the effects of AEQ exercises very well – this is why I can help people get the most out of the AEQ method and AEQ exercises, through observation of participants and comprehension of the reasons for their execution and behavior.

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Participants are not able to see themselves while they also have a very distorted view on the sensations that are coming out of their body, and that is why it often happens that they assume that they are in the right position but in reality, they are not. Only through proper warnings and conscious change of movement they can start feeling their genuine flow of sensation and stronger feelings throughout their whole body. When leading the program, I emphasize the purpose of every exercise and the results that the exercise can provide for them.

Participants are not able to see themselves while they also have a very distorted view on the sensations that are coming out of their body, and that is why it often happens that they assume that they are in the right position but in reality, they are not. Only through proper warnings and conscious change of movement they can start feeling their genuine flow of sensation and stronger feelings throughout their whole body. When leading the program, I emphasize the purpose of every exercise and the results that the exercise can provide for them.

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AEQ exercises differ from other forms of exercise and are meant to help the participants to relax and surrender their unrealistic ego to their body instead of building muscle mass and endurance to overcome themselves.

AEQ exercises, especially those for lessening stress, help you lessen your body’s rigidity. With that, you also change your attitude, your perception, understanding and self-respect which leads to better communication between your body and your mind. This also leads to lessening the conflict between body and mind – this conflict is the cause for pain, injuries, wear and diseases.

AEQ exercises differ from other forms of exercise and are meant to help the participants to relax and surrender their unrealistic ego to their body instead of building muscle mass and endurance to overcome themselves.

AEQ exercises, especially those for lessening stress, help you lessen your body’s rigidity. With that, you also change your attitude, your perception, understanding and self-respect which leads to better communication between your body and your mind. This also leads to lessening the conflict between body and mind – this conflict is the cause for pain, injuries, wear and diseases.

Advantages and special features of learning the AEQ method through the 30-day online program

Creating the need for learning AEQ method regularly

I developed the 30-day program to make it easier for my clients to learn the AEQ method and to lessen the most common obstacles that they encounter when trying to lessen their sensory-motor amnesia (SMA).

The program creates increased orderliness and regularity of learning because the teaching is scheduled every day at the same time and is guided live. This is how we create a disciplined routine that increases motivation for regular participation with a teacher of the AEQ method. A common problem for new students is to overcome the subconscious resistance when wanting to execute the exercise. They find many excuses – not having the time or the chance. Participating in the program creates the need that we are ready to listen, follow the instructions and do the exercise. Doing a regular routine and learning about the body for 30 days creates a positive habit for carrying out the exercises and stays anchored deep enough even after the program finishes.

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AEQ guided live creates a very distinctive influence

The main condition that helps eliminate SMA is to increase the ability and lessen the inability of having your conscious awareness in the present because this is the place where the body and the subconscious reside. This is the only way you can connect your conscious awareness with them, being in the same dimension of time as them under the same rules of gravity. The teacher that teaches the client also needs to subject to these rules but this is not possible when the teaching is not given live. The connection between the physicality of the teacher and the physicality of the student is key for getting to know the method and for preventing the creation of fear or anger inside the conscious awareness of the client that can be strong enough to cut off the clients’ motivation to learn the AEQ method. When this happens the ego gets scared and runs away into another time or location which makes it impossible to lessen SMA. The awareness that the teacher is there, present with the participant, watching him and correcting his behavior makes all the difference – you are not able to achieve this effect through replay.

Learning the AEQ method demands an understanding that changes the workings of conscious awareness; AEQ exercises need to be done at the same time to achieve the desired physical changes; then, you need to connect both to change your subconscious and SMA. This wholistic process is the one that creates real and lasting change. This is only possible when our conscious awareness is in the same time frame as the body; to lessen the fear and the anger in the awareness AEQ teacher needs to be in the present as well.

Regular revision of the understanding of AEQ method and AEQ exercises

An important part of AEQ live trainings are the in-depth explanations of the principles of AEQ method and exercises, whenever the teacher estimates they are necessary. This is the part of the training where participants have the opportunity to ask questions and receives the answers they need which increases the overall understanding and the effect of the program. Q&A’s create additional insights and expand our awareness in regards to the feelings that we feel during the exercises and the feelings that we hear others people feel at the training. These insights show us and guide us toward the real reasons for our pain or issues with execution, and specific physical or mental reactions.

The influence of creativity and level of experience of an AEQ teacher on the execution of AEQ exercises

Leading the exercises in different ways, regularly, prevents the loss of conscious attention on the execution of the exercise. Increased creativity creates increased attention on how our body reacts to the exercise – this makes it easier for us to notice the undesired subconscious influence on the execution of the exercise. The more that we are able to notice it during the exercise the more we learn to notice it in the present moment which help us to gradually, consciously, change our subconscious reactions.

The 30-day AEQ programs have been designed in a way to create a deeper understanding of our sensory-motor processes through small steps – these are the processes that determine our movement, our behavior and our life. This knowledge is necessary for those who suffer the consequences of sensory-motor amnesia (SMA) because it increases their ability to direct enough needed attention into improving their interoception and pull more muscle sensations out of their subconscious into their conscious awareness. Changing the relationships inside the sensory-motor loop deeply affects and changes our way of thinking, responding and expressing because we begin to become more aware of our subconscious influence on our behavior which makes it possible for us to change or remove the patterns that don’t serve us anymore or even hurt us. AEQ program creates a safe space in which our conscious awareness has more courage to feel the realistic state in our body with which the need for sensory-motor amnesia (SMA) lessens – the need to cover up and hide our past.

Throughout the program the participants are in contact with an AEQ Level 5 teacher on a daily basis where they believe that they are getting the best possible guidance, leadership and teaching. This helps them feel and accept their SMA states and their excessive rigidity and effort that they feel during AEQ exercises. The transfer of insights that the exercises offer into their daily life and behavior is more wholistic and useful in this way. The everyday routine of doing the exercises at the same time additionally relaxes the overactivated sympathetic nervous system and lessens the average muscle tone.

Teaching AEQ exercises in the 30-day program is adapted to everyday learning and is therefore more thorough and detailed than teaching in individual sessions or one-day workshops because here I dedicate 5 hours per exercise. This is not possible through other approaches because the participants are not capable of being concentrated that long while taking in so much detailed information and impulses from their bodies and environment into their consciousness. The teachings are mostly directed into improving interoception which changes the ability of the participants to feel, sense and accept the suppressed feelings from their bodies which lessens chronic tension and contraction and increases spontaneity.

We need to deal with the fact that we have shoved our negative feelings and memories under the armor of chronic contraction which caused us to lose a part of our spontaneity. This means that the consequences of increased relaxedness during our spontaneity’s return will be painful and unpleasant at first. When we take care of these states and admit to ourselves that they are in us we can start to increase our inner connectedness with which we lessen the limitations of our interoception and proprioception.

For a clearer understanding of what is written above let me quote an insight that came through one of the participants in the program: With the help of AEQ method you really dive into the core of the problem while trying to understand it from the view of its function in my opinion. The fact that AEQ method is so very physical and concrete moved me the most. I mean, how can I turn a blind eye to such strong and clear physical reactions/non-reactions?

Throughout the program the participants are in contact with an AEQ Level 5 teacher on a daily basis where they believe that they are getting the best possible guidance, leadership and teaching. This helps them feel and accept their SMA states and their excessive rigidity and effort that they feel during AEQ exercises. The transfer of insights that the exercises offer into their daily life and behavior is more wholistic and useful in this way. The everyday routine of doing the exercises at the same time additionally relaxes the overactivated sympathetic nervous system and lessens the average muscle tone.

Teaching AEQ exercises in the 30-day program is adapted to everyday learning and is therefore more thorough and detailed than teaching in individual sessions or one-day workshops because here I dedicate 5 hours per exercise. This is not possible through other approaches because the participants are not capable of being concentrated that long while taking in so much detailed information and impulses from their bodies and environment into their consciousness. The teachings are mostly directed into improving interoception which changes the ability of the participants to feel, sense and accept the suppressed feelings from their bodies which lessens chronic tension and contraction and increases spontaneity.

We need to deal with the fact that we have shoved our negative feelings and memories under the armor of chronic contraction which caused us to lose a part of our spontaneity. This means that the consequences of increased relaxedness during our spontaneity’s return will be painful and unpleasant at first. When we take care of these states and admit to ourselves that they are in us we can start to increase our inner connectedness with which we lessen the limitations of our interoception and proprioception.

For a clearer understanding of what is written above let me quote an insight that came through one of the participants in the program: With the help of AEQ method you really dive into the core of the problem while trying to understand it from the view of its function in my opinion. The fact that AEQ method is so very physical and concrete moved me the most. I mean, how can I turn a blind eye to such strong and clear physical reactions/non-reactions?

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Customer testimonials

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After 30 days, I know the basics of each exercise enough that I can perform it a little differently each time
I am performing exercises regularly, because I feel that they’re having a positive impact on me.
One month after completing the AEQ breathing program – Description of the impact; on me, on my life and higher emotional maturity
The subconscious and the automated responses stored in it can only be changed through behavior.
It wasn’t easy but it was necessary so that I could start feeling my legs more and consequently start moving into the right direction in life.
I am becoming a better person because of the AEQ method.
Regular practice also shows me more clearly my condition, the connection of pain in the elbows with the neck and lower back, as well as the tightness of the muscles on the back of the legs.
I am now aware that the rigidity of my neck and vertigo are associated with the energy of unexpressed anger, which would otherwise leave a positive impact on my surroundings
I observed that my posture is more upright, my forehead less wrinkled, I relax my body more often
I received many insights, knowledge and learned how to move properly.
I feel more peace inside me, I take more time for myself, I am people pleasing less.
As they say ‘’Happy wife, happy life.’’
I would recommend the exercises to anyone suffering with chronic pain.
I’ve grown closer with my partner, we are now more connected as a family, more love and support are felt.
I feel confidence and inner peace. I took a very brave step and quit my job. It makes me happy that I was able to make a new step forward in my life.
Even during the day, I often notice that I’m squeezing a muscle unnecessarily. Which means that my body awareness and attention are improving, the more I feel it and know what to do to relieve the tension.
In the beginning, I pressed my heel and shoulders with all my strength and all possible muscles into the ground…
I’m slowly letting go of my green light reflex.
I feel more energetic and confident after the program
Aleš, thank you for an even deeper insight into the AEQ method.
I often laugh to myself when I notice something about myself.
Your program gave me a lot. Your words constantly echo through my head. Especially the saying that if you hit a wall, it feels no pain, but you do.
I had a poor connection with my body, but I wanted to achieve this by force.
I am more confident and have more self-respect, and I let those around me know it.
I am grateful to you, Aleš, for making these programs available and for helping us.

I maintained a daily routine of exercise, but only once a day. I think that it really helped that we worked together for 30 days, that it then became and remained a habit and it seems quite normal to me that I do the exercises for 20 minutes every morning.

Even though we completed our first ever exercise, you have already gained my complete trust. In today’s flood of charlatans, your method, accompanied by your dedicated guidance at every step, is reliable and, above all, very well-argued. I used to say to myself when asked various questions that you wouldn’t be able to answer…

Today I can understand that during the whole month, while actively performing AEQ exercises and breathing protocols as explained in the program, I had a regular symptom of cleansing the body with the presence of worms in the stomach and cleansing through diarrhea. A whole month after the program, I noticed that my body was being cleansed and detoxified with this method.

We connect our sensations with our consciousness, relax our body and connect it with our raw emotions and responses through the AEQ exercises. The body begins to change, your consciousness now plays a larger part, we better recognize when we’re functioning on subconscious (past) patterns, which gives us the knowledge to understand what needs to be done when we find ourselves in a similar situation in real life. Control over muscles and emotions is improved because our reaction is more realistic.

This is my opinion of the 30-day program for the bottom part of the body. Through the program, I became aware of new things about myself – my legs and my body core felt like strangers to me, I started feeling my suppressed emotions and events because they became so obvious that I could not deny them anymore – they started triggering me with anger, sadness, happiness and satisfaction like a pendulum, up and down, up and down, …

Dear Aleš, your method has liberated me. My movement and my thinking have become easeful. My way of life has changed and improved. From being very hardened, sad, angry, scared and psychologically confused person I turned into a flexible, happy and open woman. I hold myself gently and talk to myself when needed. I don’t deny my feelings, I explore them instead. Sometimes the answer comes quickly and sometimes I have to be patient.

Above all, the time devoted to leading the exercises – a maximum of 30 minutes – is a very good choice, as it allows me to receive information with a deeper awareness. Since there are not too many of them, my conscious part can process them without stress.

At first, I noticed how free my rib cage became and the increased ability to express happiness, love, and anger. Now I am learning how to use my anger more effectively – not suppressing it but also not going completely mad because, during the program, I also allowed myself this experience, which did not have the best effect on my relationships.

I regularly perform your exercises, 6-7x a week, and in such a way that I do not repeat them, or do them in the same way. I do different combinations of sequences and not always on both sides of the body equally. When I feel that one of the exercises takes more time to perform, I usually decide to do another one.

I would like to thank you for these last few insights…your words are so impactful and meaningful and I felt a strong resonance with them in my body when you said that we create change with action and not with intention. I realized that despite my previous interest in AEQ, I haven’t yet made the deeply felt action that I needed to because of my subconscious patterns and fears of being seen, of not being good enough and of appearing stupid. I thought it was enough to understand my patterns inwardly while I rarely made the right crucial outer steps and even when I did, they felt difficult.

I am doing the exercises regularly and I know that this time is meant just for me (at first, 30 minutes felt long – my old patterns turned on – but when I go into the exercise slowly it feels like they go by really quickly – feels like a new experience), to explore my depths. Because of this I execute the exercises differently because I know that I have enough time for all the details instead of just trying to satisfy my mind by doing them carelessly and getting low quality results. After doing the exercises, including the breathing exercises, that I’ve learned in the programs I feel better and better more and more often.

I am glad that I was able to sign up for your program so quickly after individual therapy. I already learned a lot about myself there. I knew and felt some of the things, but always viewed them in a different light, and had trouble solving problems/finding patterns. For me, the program represented a daily routine, twice a day at the same hour. Because of it I felt more secure, calm and finally managed to accept that this is my time and mine alone.

I read your book ‘’Lahkotno iz kroničnih bolečin’’ (Gently freeing yourself of chronic pain) during the summer, because I suffered from strong pain in my spine and was barely able to walk, especially when attempting to stand up. Going from lying on the bed to standing was nearly impossible. It took me a while to understand the exercises in your book, because all of them are described in great detail.

I haven’t been in contact for a while. I would like to thank you from the bottom of my heart for all the exercises, advice and wisdom that you have shared with me. My life changed for the better, it is more beautiful and more peaceful. There has been no more talk about inheritance after setting boundaries to my parents though, nevertheless, I feel deep satisfaction from this experience because it made me see that I am capable of mature and responsible communication – this has been mission impossible with my father in the past.

It made me feel so excited when I realized that I can intertwine the AEQ method with my career as a physiotherapist and I also learned a lot about myself as well. I had a thought that there is a long and challenging journey ahead of me. Then I did a 30-day AEQ Breathing program. The exercises that we were doing laying down felt pleasurable but the moment you said that we will be doing them standing up my legs became shaky and I also started to feel nervous. I felt at war within myself – why can I do the exercises with ease when laying down but feel blocked when standing up? When summer came, I wanted to pull away from everything. I remembered your question – why don’t I move to the same place that my partner lives?

My third week of attending the 30-day program was the hardest one yet. I felt fatigued throughout the whole week, sometimes more, sometimes less. I strongly felt my back leg muscles (in the same sense as muscle soreness). I slept well. I repeatedly observe how I wake up a bit tired in the morning, that I clench my teeth and have a tense back and neck. The tension is gentle, because once I become aware of it and relax my muscles, it really feels good.

On the right side of the back muscles at the level of the shoulder blade, it cut me as if I had been stabbed with a knife. All the muscles on the body were activated; only then, with your warning, did I gradually relax the ones I didn’t need.

When I press my right shoulder into the ground, my arm muscles still participate in the movement.

In short, a lot is happening. Everything from spasms, pimples, resistance, outbursts of anger, warm and cold waves of energy, awareness of the current state… to mention only the main sensations.

I am becoming more aware of my body, parts of it and areas where I am not relaxed. I am paying more attention to my walking and movement. Even during the program I began waking up in the morning without an alarm (something that hasn’t happened for about 40 years) and wake up more relaxed

I decided to sign up to the program due to the chronic pain in my left hip and back, which appeared in the middle of December and was always present, sometimes more, sometimes less. After an active AEQ therapy, the feeling of pain became a bit stronger. With the start of the program, through your explanations, it soon became even clearer to me why the pain is still rising for me, warning me.

But I am aware that I still have a long way to go before I can feel my muscles and know how to consciously relax them. You gave us excellent instructions on the program and I realize that for certain things, everyone has to figure it out on their own and find some other help.

Thank you, I am very pleased. The structure going forward also makes a lot of sense. I wrote the exercises in advance according to the numbers of the days of the month and I do them whenever I have the time and space for it. They keep me grounded and I am very comfortable with the rational basis of knowledge that once came to me through yoga.

In the beginning, when I was still getting to know the exercise, I told myself what needed to be done as I read in the description of the exercises you sent us. When I understood the exercise, I mainly performed it automatically, like any other exercise. It was important for me to do the exercises for 20 minutes, and I did far too many repetitions because I did the exercises too fast.

During the 3-week program, I made progress in the sense that I managed not only to become aware, but also to internalize certain states, awareness, posture, etc. I no longer wonder if something is right or wrong and I am not in a dilemma or struggling with the feeling of a bad conscience that maybe I have done something wrong.

The 30-day program left a big impression on me. It’s a whole different feeling when a teacher guides your through the exercises. The program instills a routine in you, so that you may perform exercises by yourself later. I did researched plenty of methods, but something was still missing.