13/09/2025
The classes I teach have a monthly focus, and this month it’s the fascia that runs down your back. There’s a connection from your eyebrows to your toes; this run of connective tissue has been named the Superficial Back Line. Like most anatomical names this points to the location, as much as what it is.
If you’ve excessive tension anywhere along this line of connective tissue, your head and/or pelvis will be constantly out of balance. This can show up as neck pain, lower back inflexibility, tight hamstrings or even plantar fasciitis.
I like to the think of the fascia as a connective tissue “wet suit”. If one area is tight and gripped, the discomfort or misalignment is often felt somewhere else in the body.
Those tight hamstrings might only be tight because your habit is to grip your neck or jaw. The ultimate cause of your tight hamstrings might be because your habit is to let your eyes stare, rather than let them relax back into their sockets.
Incredible, isn’t it?
Learning about these connections can help unravel the complexity of your pain or rigidity. Understanding that when you fold forward to put on your socks, you’re asking the entire length of your body to release, can give you permission to stop the relentless battle to stretch your hamstrings. Or the frustration of your stiff lower back. It’s not one bit that needs your attention, it’s the “whole”.
The word holistic has been used and over-used, but when it comes to improving your body’s elasticity and postural support, it really is the best approach.
To join the Alexander technique classes you don’t need to be flexible or knowledgeable, but if you join them, soon enough you’ll be both.
P.S. COME AND TRY A CLASS. IT ONLY COSTS £10 AND COULD CHANGE YOUR LIFE!
Image: Superficial Back Line - Anatomy Trains by Tom Myers
