Obstacles: Be conscious of faulty sensory awareness and the force of habit.

Primary Control: Direct your head, neck, and back for healthy posture and movement.

Wholeness: Concentrate equally on your whole self — your mind and your body.

End-Gaining: Focus on being "in the moment," rather than on achieving end goals.

Pain and Injury: Improper use of the whole self can result in a variety of physical ailments, from simple headache to serious back pain.

Emotional Stress: Poor posture and balance decreases self-confidence and body image, while increasing tension.

Short Endurance: Overusing or misusing our muscles results in mental, emotional, and physical fatigue.

Efficiency: If walking, bending, working or other everyday tasks take too much effort, resilience and overall enjoyment of life are compromised.

Learn to maintain an upright yet flexible posture to avoid overworking some muscles and under-using others, to reduce strain.

Align your spine correctly to avoid back pain, caused by compressed vertebrae.

Listen to your body's warning signs to understand when and how to adjust your posture and movement to lessen or prevent pain.

Apply the same principles for other routine activities, such as walking, lifting, bending, reaching, climbing stairs, getting out of bed or into a car.

"It is important to remember that there is a working balance in the use of all the parts of the organism, and that for this reason the use of the specific part in any activity can influence the use of the other part, and vice versa."

F. M. Alexander

Compensate for weight shift to reduce lower back pain and sciatica.

Adjust posture and reduce pressure on the spine for greater comfort.

Optimize the body's inherent support system for easier breathing and greater energy

Relax the mind and improve mental attitude to reduce insomnia and headaches.

Improve posture, flexibility, and sense of balance to ease the tasks of everyday life.

Learn labor techniques that work with gravity, calm the breathing, and counter the tendency to tense the whole body during the birth process.

Gain focus, improve concentration, and build intellectual stamina.

Eliminate mental panic and sense of emotional pressure.

Understand how to adjust your posture to decrease physical tightness and pain.

Improve your mental attitude to open the mind and create a better flow.

Learn to sit properly to avoid compressing your spine and injuring your back.

Position and expand joints in the fingers, wrists, and arms to lessen repetitive strain injuries, such as carpal tunnel syndrome or tendonitis.

Become more mentally alert and emotionally relaxed to resist persistent fatigue, migraine, and tension headaches, and other stress-related disorders.

Align and release excessive tension in your head, neck, and back to reduce chronic pain in these areas.