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ALEXANDER PROCEDURES FOR PREGNANCY AND LABOUR: THE LUNGE
This movement is similar to monkey in that the back is slightly inclined forwards, the knees are bent and the feet are hip width apart, but here one foot is placed in front and one behind. The legs thus provide a strong base for shifting the upper body forwards or backwards.
The lunge should be used for any activity where you need to either push or pull something. Using a lunge, the strength for the movement comes from the legs and the back moving together in one piece, with the arms and hands used only in a guiding capacity. Domestic tasks - such as ironing, vacuuming, opening doors or standing at a work surface preparing food - require this movement, as do sports such as tennis, fencing, t'ai chi and aikido. In many instances it is also a more stable position to use than a squat when lifting a heavy object from the floor. The lunge is also useful in labour. As it is an upright position it is more suitable for the earlier stages.
Lunge instructions
While practising this exercise, it is important to keep the sense of your head, neck and torso being in one integrated piece, allowing your arms to hang freely from the shoulder joints. The hips, knees and ankle joints must be free at all times.
Begin in a very shallow monkey. Allow your upper body to move to the right, so that your weight is now on your right foot, and the left foot feels 'empty'. Now put your left foot forwards and slightly to the left with the toe pointing straight ahead. Your back foot should be at about a 45-degree angle.
Now let your left knee move forwards over the toe, and at the same time allow the whole of your torso to glide forwards so that most of your weight is over the front foot and the back leg is now your 'empty' leg. Remember that your back leg should still be slightly bent.
Thinking strongly into your left heel, allow your upper body to shift back on to your back leg again. It will need to bend more, whilst the front knee will be in a shallower bend.
You can now play with shifting the weight of your upper body backwards and forwards from one leg to the other. The movement is often easier if you visualize your pelvis moving forwards and backwards.
Alternate your lunge practice between right leg forward and left leg forward.
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