Daedalus and Icarus – a story of the body, the ego, and a path you cannot rush
n every person who has ever yearned for more – for a greater meaning, a bigger achievement, greater recognition – lives an Icarus. Icarus is not someone else. Icarus is that part within you that can no longer patiently…
PAINFUL MENSTRUATION
Dysmenorrhea is the medical term for menstrual cramps caused by uterine contractions, and it is similar to contractions at childbirth. The uterus (which is a muscle) mildly contracts throughout a woman’s menstrual cycle, however…
HERNIATED DISC
The intervertebral disc consists of a jelly-like center (nucleus pulposus) and an outer fibrous ring. After puberty, because the disc is not vascularized and therefore has more reduced ability to regenerate, degenerative changes…
Trauma Reflex
The trauma reflex arises due to an accident or injury, but it can also be a bodily response to an imminent threat. It can also develop as a consequence of chronic asymmetric strain (waiters, hairdressers, tennis players,…
WHEN A CHILD HAS TO CARE FOR EMOTIONALLY IMMATURE PARENTS
A normal parenting process implies that as the child grows up, they become less dependent on the parent, who can then shift their parental relationship into a friendship-like connection with their adult..
MOVEMENT, FROM A CHILD TO AN ADULT
Certain events in our childhood leave a mark on us; if they are traumatic, we suppress them into the subconscious and then carry them around as extra luggage. It is self-protective, but at the same time, it burdens us.
Children and breathing
Children should be breathing correctly unless they are ill. While almost every newborn baby breathes correctly, only a few of them keep it that way through their early childhood. Most children…
WHAT IS OUR RESPONSIBILITY
Humanity was shaped through a struggle for survival caused by a lack of energy, not a lack of time; the body is adapted to this structure and function. Our lifestyle, mental health, and surroundings determine our psychophysical…
INTEGRITY AND CONSCIOUSNESS
A person without consciousness would be like a robot: perfect in his movement, nor would he make too much or too little movement in unconditional goal orientation. He would feel no emotion and feeling and would be carefully protected…
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…
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.
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…
What Are the Consequences of Emotional Immaturity?
An emotionally immature person is unable to effectively manage their problems, which begin to accumulate over time. These problems become chronic and gradually integrate into the body and nervous system…
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…
Thought suppression
The last dangerous thought pattern is actually an anti-thought. It is a process called thought suppression, an attempt at suppressing unwanted thoughts and emotions. The late Daniel Wegener, a social…
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…
THE BODY IS OUR TEMPLE
A temple that must be clean and in order. If it isn’t, we display a poor relationship with ourselves, and our well-being reflects that accordingly. Pain is an exceptional tool for timely warning—it is…
THE MAIN CAUSE OF STIFFNESS AND CHRONIC PAIN
The key to understanding the causes of chronic pain in our muscles and joints lies within our proprioception, which is being aware of movement, and feeling ourselves. Muscles and most tissues in the body…
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.
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…
THINKING PATTERNS DURING EXERCISE
With too many unwanted results, injuries, rapid mood swings, chronic fatigue, and an emotional inability to deal with disordered interpersonal relationships, we need to honestly ask and look for answers to why we exercise or train this way.
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 and a lack of time force people to divert their attention to the future or past.
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.
AWARENESS OF ONE’S OWN BODY OR CONTACT WITH REALITY
We feel our inner and outer world through our bodies, through which we also respond to it. By learning with the AEQ method, we change these relationships and create a stronger and clearer connection with the body’s reality.