Breathing and the ander technique

[Guest guest]

When I read posts here from adults saying they themselves have noticed their

chest is misshapen or that they have breathing problems I thought I might

mention the Technique. The hands of a skilled teacher can have a

powerful effect. The technique is a process of reeducation of the " use of the

self " of the person having the lessons. The teacher uses their own direction and

hands to give a good stimulus that helps the pupil release tight areas - this

has a profound impact on breathing and on the body more generally.

I used to practice as an teacher, but gave up for personal reasons.

The training was 1,600 hours over 3 years. The technique has been around for

over 100 years - although the number of teachers was very small until numbers

began to rise in the 1970s. I know that the technique is a very profound tool

and would suggest that it would be worth trying. The main professional body is

STAT (Society of Teachers of the Technique).

I have no financial interest in anyone taking lessons.

When I visited the Scotson centre in April I asked whether she had

investigated whether lessons might help some of the children. She

replied that it wouldn't work for them because they were not neurologically

intact. While this may well turn out to be true I think perhaps it hasn't been

investigated. I know it would be hard to get my son to co-operate with lessons,

but it is possible that he could learn to do so and I think he would benefit.

Whether he would get the identical benefit to the TST is another question and I

would not presume to try and answer it. He does have a lot of tension in his

shoulders and I think the Technique could help him to release this and

allow his shoulders to sit more naturally.

While I was being trained in the first set of Scotson exercises I asked Lily

whether their effectiveness depended on the energy of the person doing them and

she said it did not. I was surprised but did not take it further.

In my experience of the Technique the teacher must work on freeing

themselves and giving their directions before they can usefully put hands on

another person. We didn't put hands on another person for quite some time.

Margaret