Product Description

The human body is not made for sitting at a desk for 40 hours a week. But when you're under pressure, the phone is ringing, there are e-mails to send and meetings to attend, posture is the last thing you want to think about. This light-hearted but practical book offers easy and effective solutions to posture problems at home and at work, with illustrated exercises to help you break the bad habits and learn to relax your body. It will change the way you stand, walk and sit, eliminating those painful stiff necks and backaches for a healthier life. You will not only be free of back pain but will move more easily and look more youthful, taller and slimmer.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #68796 in Books
• Published on: 2007-05-07
• Original language: English
• Binding: Paperback
• 160 pages

About the Author
Penny Ingham lives in Cumbria. She is a professional Alexander technique teacher specialising in problems arising in the workplace. Colin Shelbourn is one of Penny's pupils and a professional cartoonist whose work has appeared in The Times, Reader's Digest and The Independent.

Customer Reviews

Well-tuned body - acheivable with this book
I don't have this book in front of me, having lent it to someone. Perhaps reviewing it in its absence will somehow hasten its return. (Otherwise I will have to buy it again). There appear to be many fine books on the Alexander Technique out at present. However, I have recently had a couple of Alexander lessons, and this is the book my teacher suggested that I might like to read at home. I can see why; it is easy to grasp the important concepts from this book, and to understand how to improve one's body "use", leading to less stress on the joints and muscles, better breathing habits, less tension and more calm and purposeful movement. I like books with plenty of photographs, and lots of colour; this book has neither, but the many line-drawings convey exactly what the author wants you to know, with humour, and great clarity. Very well written - you never get bogged down, and can make progress in a very satisfying way. (Also, the typeface and setting is so clear that I can manage without my glasses!) An unpretentious book, good value, will quite simply take you a long way on the road to improvement by the direct route.