The align method 5 movement principles for a stronger body, sharper mind, and stress-proof life
Book - 2019
"Celebrity manual therapist and movement coach Aaron Alexander shows readers how posture and body alignment are powerful tools for building strength, achieving peak performance, reducing pain, and approaching the world with a new sense of confidence."--Amazon.com.
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- Published
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New York :
Grand Central Publishing
2019.
- Language
- English
- Main Author
- Edition
- First hardcover edition
- Physical Description
- xiii, 272 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 249-263) and index.
- ISBN
- 9781538716144
- Foreword
- Introduction
- Part I. Welcome To Your Body
- Chapter 1. Stand Up for Yourself-Posture and Personality
- Chapter 2. Rigidity Tends to Break-Play May Save Your Brain and Body
- Chapter 3. Tools and Techniques to Align Your Body
- Part II. 5 Daily Movements to Align Yourself
- Chapter 4. Floor Sitting: Your Foundation for Self-Care
- Chapter 5. Nasal Breathing: Tuning Your Engine
- Chapter 6. Hip Hinging: Give Me Leverage and I'll Move the World
- Chapter 7. Hanging: The Power of Decompression
- Chapter 8. Walking: Circulating Your Mind and Body
- Part III. Your Environment Forms Your Mind and Body
- Chapter 9. Clothing-If the Shoe Fits
- Chapter 10. Align Your Home for Optimal Health and Creativity
- Chapter 11. Aligning Your Office for Better Movement
- Chapter 12. Therapeutic Movement for Driving and Travel
- Chapter 13. The Aligned Morning-How to Start Your Day Upright
- Chapter 14. The Aligned Evening-Accessing the Superpowers of Sleep
- Part IV. Moving Your Senses
- Chapter 15. Near Sight-Your Eyes Need Movement Too!
- Chapter 16. Finding Your Voice-the Way Sound Moves Us
- Chapter 17. Out of Touch
- Chapter 18. Mindfulness-Tidy Up Your Mind to Stand Taller
- Conclusion
- Notes
- Index