Muscle Insertion. The insertion of the muscle is the end of the muscle attaching to the freely moving bone of its joint. Movement happens at joints, with one bone of the joint moving freely while the other remains relatively stationary.
The goal of the Alexander Technique is to teach people to restore an optimal relationship between head and spine, and, when necessary, replace faulty concepts that cause the mis-coordination, what Alexander called âmistaken beliefsâ, with more accurate, constructive concepts.
Definition: Inhibition. Inhibition comes from the Latin for restraint and in Alexander Technique terms, has nothing to do with repression. In the Alexander Technique, the term refers to a learned process, in which a person chooses to stop or inhibit a habitual reaction to a stimulus. This allows the individual a momentâs pause, in which to choose whether or not to respond to the stimulus and if so, how to perform an action in response. As Alexander stated: