CONTROLLING THE MUSCLES
The main purpose of learning better muscle control is to achieve mastery. Muscle control involves much more than improving the ability to contract them. It includes increasing the ability to relax (expand) muscles, which…
Pains of the computer generation
Most report that they find it very difficult to sit up straight all the time: sooner or later, they find themselves leaning forward with their face far in front of their body. Such daily forced posture slowly but inevitably…
Illnesses of the 21st century
Chronic muscle tension serves to suppress the perception of unwanted and dangerous impulses from the body. Their expression to the environment through movements, speech, gaze, posture is limited.
HUNCHED POSTURE
It is a common belief among the teachers of (correct) posture and therapists that the weak back and neck muscles are to blame for the hunched posture. But from my experience, the over-strained muscles on the front of the body…
When Parents Subconsciously Influence Their Children
Even though parents often have good intentions, their behavior is frequently not constructive. A typical example is the constant calling of adult children and redirecting conversations back to themselves…
If you are balanced in a relationship…
… then you love the person you’re with because they complete you. Not because you need them but because you want them by your side, and that is what love is. If you wish to love another, you must first love…
Who Comes First: The Child or the Partner?
The partner should come first, and the child second. The partners are the central core of the family, around which the children orbit—just as planets orbit the sun. In this way, the unity of the partners…
PREGNANCY AND HOW THE AEQ METHOD CAN HELP
The center of body’s gravity shifts forward in the last months of pregnancy, causing an increased curve of the lower back (lumbar curve) and the pelvis to move forward. Furthermore, the tension in the back muscles increases…
Hyperstimulation and long-term stress
There is a saying that a tree is only as strong as its roots. A good grower will inhibit and control the growth of the seedling in order to achieve better development of its roots. This delays the first fruits and full fertility…
THE DESIRE TO SOLVE A PROBLEM
We may begin to mention this pattern, complain about it, or recognize it in other people. Somehow it floats to the surface of our attention, and we begin to establish a relationship with it. We often attract a teacher, friend…
YESTERDAY AND TODAY
Because time changes things and life, the changed ” me” must occasionally sync up with the past ” me.” In the past, the only thing we had to deal with for our survival was the physical perspective of life. However, in today’s world, much…
LEFT, RIGHT OR EMERGENCY LANE?
When deciding to learn the AEQ Method, we need to be aware that it is long-term experiential learning designed to improve communication between our physical reality and the conscious. Today, fewer people know and use long-term…
The Connection Between Powerlessness and Aggression
Physical and emotional weakness is almost always linked to the inability to push someone or something away from us, even when it threatens us. This is often related to sexual abuse, when a person attempts to…
Burnout, chronic fatigue
This state of emotional, cognitive, and physical exhaustion develops due to long-term stress; we feel entangled in demands, tasks, and the feeling of incompetence and are incapable of satisfying them. The consequences of burnout…
UNDERSTANDING PAIN
The online Oxford dictionary defines pain as a “highly unpleasant physical sensation caused by illness or injury”, and lists as its second meaning “mental suffering or distress”. Since pain can result from both…
When a Partner Acts Like a Child
If it happens that the woman is making an effort in all directions while the man does nothing, then both partners inevitably face increasing problems. If the man does nothing to ensure that both of them have fewer…
The causes for chronic fatigue
A lack of liveliness despite an adequate amount of food, water, and oxygen is always the result of chronic muscle contraction and, thus, increased muscle tone, which is usually the result of repressed emotion…
AEQ BREATHING
Accepting/giving, opening/closing, expanding/shrinking are all words that can be compared to breathing – inhale/exhale. The purpose of breathing is to exchange gasses between air and blood in our lungs as efficiently as we can.
FIGHTING AGAINST PAIN ONLY MAKES IT WORSE
Only persistent, conscious, attentive, and curious exploration and an easier way to perform the movement and effectively express emotions eliminates pain and changes thinking. Sensory-motor amnesia…
SEPARATION
Despite man having the same basic body structure as other mammals, he is the only one that is perfectly balanced in an upright posture. The foundation for it is the increased role and strength of the buttock muscle. Upright posture…
WHEN UNKNOWN PAIN APPEARS
The reason behind the painful movement is that it is too big of a disorder, not enough control over your body and lack of feeling, all of which the body warns us about.
CONTROLLING YOUR MUSCLES TO CONTROL YOUR EMOTIONS
The benefits of learning muscle control are not limited to sports. We learn…
Children and movement
We usually don’t like ourselves because our body abandoned us in our time of need
We are raised and taught that we need to do something constantly. This belief stems from modern consumer society. We surrender to it only if our body and feelings cannot influence our thoughts, decisions, and actions.