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Watch: "The Align Method"
🕑 Added 2022-03-31 12:00:06 +0000 UTCPatreon Exclusive. The Minimalists speak with functional-movement expert Aaron Alexander about flexibility, posture, movement routines, and much more, and they answer the following questions:
Why did Aaron write The Align Method? (01:23)
How can children’s natural movements be instructive? (05:32)
How do we rest effectively? (12:36)
What is the sit-rising test? (16:24)
What is the Mopey postural archetype? (17:41)
What is postural feedback? (20:03)
What is “smising”? (22:10)
What is the Feldenkrais Method? (23:43)
What is the Anxious postural archetype? (26:59)
How do we best practice breathing? (27:55)
What is the Swoll postural archetype? (29:18)
What movement tips do you have to ensure full range of motion? (32:52)
What is the Bendy postural archetype? (43:18)
What is the value of community? (47:12)
How connected is our emotional state with our physical state? (51:42)
What is the Aligned postural archetype? (54:58)
What is vipassanā meditation? (57:11)
How do I develop good posture when all of the recommendations from experts that I try make me uncomfortable and sore? (1:01:11)
What are the archetypal postures of repose? (1:06:20)
What is the right posture? (1:09:09)
Is it more beneficial to take many short walks or fewer long walks? (1:11:36)
What is an ideal walking schedule? (1:17:28)
What exercises keep aging bodies strong? (1:23:05)
LINKS
Book: Love People, Use Things
Book: Shoulder Pain?
Book: Muscles and Meridians
Book: The Align Method
Book: The Four Agreements
Course: The Align Method
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Website: Aaron Alexander
MAXIMS
“We default to our defaults.” —Joshua Fields Millburn
“Your body is not the problem—what you are doing to your body is the problem.” —Aaron Alexander
“A sedentary body produces a restless mind.” —Joshua Fields Millburn
“Movement is medicine.” —Ryan Nicodemus
“Simple isn’t necessarily easy.” —Joshua Fields Millburn
“There is no balanced—there is only balancing.” —Aaron Alexander
“Even the things we thought we had, we never really had in the first place.” —Joshua Fields Millburn
“Trying is a type of clinging.” —Joshua Fields Millburn
This Maximal episode corresponds with Minimal episode 333.
Comments
Deanna Freeth
This episode was a great reminder for me of why daily movement is so important! Thanks for sharing!
Emma
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Kristy Leavitt
Thanks for this great episode! It made me realize that I’m caring for my body via movement more than I previously thought. I’m not someone who is a “super active person” (I don’t go to the gym, go for runs, or do fitness classes), but I do have a lot of movement incorporated throughout the day (walking, stretching, squatting, housework, etc.).
