"The Align Method" (Patreon)

Patreon 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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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.