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Point your spine when leaning back in a chair.

For more information on this tip, take a look at Tip 9.5.

More on sitting in a chair:
Your Lively Spine
Bending Forward Is the Same
Video: Think of the Chair as Your Legs
Your Waist Is Not a Joint

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When walking, leave your hip behind your leg.

For more information on this tip, take a look at Tip 24.

More on Walking
Video: Lead with the Crown of Your Head
Diagram: Lead with the Crown of Your Head
Videos and Exercise: Walk with More Stability and Power

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Lunging is bending with one knee.

Lunging is faster than bending both legs and it’s also useful for reaching. Take a look at the lunge diagram at Tip 19, and another for pointing your spine.

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Improve low back pain by standing over your legs.

It is common for people to stand by leaning against the lower back while pushing the pelvis forward. Your back doesn’t end in the lumbar region, it continues to the bottom of your pelvis. Standing over your legs takes pressure off your lumbar region, as well as allowing you to stand taller and move more easily. Watch the video at Tip 77.

More on Using Your Whole Back
Point Your Spine
Awareness Begins Behind You

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The chair (and most other objects) is incidental to the movement.  

This is a video representation of Tip 34, and the last in a series on Inhibition and Direction. To get an idea of what is going on here, also take a look at Tips 31, 32, and 33.

Or, for a more practical approach:
Three Tips on Bending

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To Direct in the Alexander Technique means to give yourself conscious orders that replace a habitual way of doing something. It is the second Alexander step for breaking old habits and establishing new habits.

More Alexander Technique theory to follow up on last week. Once again, if you want more information on Direction, and its partner Inhibition, visit tips 31, 32, and 33.

Or, for a more practical approach:
Three Tips on Bending

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In the Alexander Technique, to inhibit is to do something as if you are not doing that thing.

This one is more theoretical than my usual practical tip.  But it you want more information on inhibition, and it’s partner Direction, visit tips 31, 32, and 33.

Or, for a more practical approach:
Three Tips on Bending

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Avoid taking your feet off the floor in order to put them on the floor.

This video tip follows up on last week’s tip about feeling more grounded, and also a tip about the problem of shuffling your feet to find the ground.

More on Respecting the Ground (These links weren’t working but I think they are fixed now. Please contact me if you have a problem.)
Let Your Legs Reach for the Ground
Don’t Shuffle to Find the Ground
Improve Your Balance with the Alexander Technique

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To feel more grounded, love the ground.

This video tip refers back to a post from April, 2010 – Love the Ground.

More on Respecting the Ground
Let Your Legs Reach for the Ground
Don’t Shuffle to Find the Ground
Improve Your Balance with the Alexander Technique

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To reduce low back pain, try standing over your legs.

This tip follows up on last week’s Point Your Spine. Standing over your legs is more than an easy way to align your body, it also makes it easier to bend and walk.

More benefits of standing over your legs.
Leave Your Hips Behind when Bending Your Knees
Sit with Your Hips Underneath You

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