Alexander Technique
Breathing, Posture, and the Hidden Pressures Within
Breathing, Posture, and the Hidden Pressures Within Reading Alexander’s first book, Man’s Supreme Inheritance again, over the summer break, I was struck by how precisely F.M. Alexander observed relationships that modern physiology now describes in far more detail. He didn’t have today’s anatomical vocabulary, yet he consistently pointed toward the dynamic interplay between breathing, balance, spinal organisation, and the internal environment of the torso. One of the terms he uses is the “splanchnic area.” Alexander wasn’t offering a technical definition; he was reaching for a way to describe the abdominal