Anti Gym

The anti-gym with a variety of other approaches, is part of somatic education. The plug Somatic Education presents a summary table to compare the main approaches. You can also consult the card Psychotherapy . You will find an overview of many psychotherapeutic approaches - including a painting guide to help you choose the most appropriate - and a presentation on the success factors of therapy.

The anti-exercise, what is it?

The Anti-Gym ® (a registered trademark) is the opposite of classic exercises gymnastics movements and instead proposed that adapt to each state. It is a method of physical rehabilitation which aims to raise awareness by small movements extremely precise, the tensions and muscle aches accumulated over the years, and to liberate themselves.

Loosen muscles
The anti-exercise can gradually work each muscle of the body, from the smallest to the largest, the most painful most misunderstood, and to extend to untie the knots that cause pain and deformity. Acting on the neuromuscular organization, it helps to have a better posture and find ease and flexibility .

The method taught to perceive the body as a whole, to feel the interaction between its different parts and balance muscles . One can, for example, awareness relations front / back and left / right. We notice that suddenly shoulder higher than the other, the toes are curled, the head is tilted forward, in short, that the body needs to regain its symmetry to move smoothly.

The anti-gym but wants more than just activity formatting. Untying the muscle rigidity, it can lead to release and heal the emotional. The verbal expression of feelings and emotions is as important as the movements themselves.

Knowing your body
The anti-exercise is usually practiced in groups, with the exception of the first sessions are individually. They allow the practitioner to assess the physical condition of the participant, and the latter to determine whether the approach suits him. Group, an exercise that takes just 15 minutes is a most revealing experience. It is simply a character shaping clay with your eyes closed. This little guy is actually a self-portrait, a landmark eloquent. It can illustrate vividly the perception that one has of his body (see A little experiment in this article).

Movements of anti-exercise can be performed standing or sitting, but most practice on the ground. Sometimes used small cork balls and sticks (which rolled under the foot, for example) to help release muscle tension, these movements have the effect of a self-massage.

Where does the term "anti-gymnatisque"?
Theresa Bertherat , the physiotherapist who developed anti-gymnastics during the 1970s chose the term "anti-gym" at the time of antipsychiatry. It is not that denigrated gymnastics classic, but it considered that certain exercises, such as those that require forced inhalation or reject the column back to clear the chest, did aggravate disorders the diaphragm and the spine. She says that it is the muscle contractions that gradually deformed body, a situation which, in his opinion, is not irreparable since the muscles are still pliable, whatever the age of the individual. The solution: wake sleeping areas that we carry by giving them the length!

To develop its approach Bertherat Thérèse was inspired mainly work three persons: the Austrian physician and psychoanalyst Wilhelm Reich (see Neo-Reichian massage ), the instigator of gymnastics Lili Ehrenfried holistic one , but especially the physiotherapist Françoise Mézières , creator of the Method Mézières , whom she met in 1972 in Paris and was a professor of physical therapy. His knowledge of anatomy, as well as the rigor and precision of his method were very impressed. Françoise Mézières has, among other things, a great influence in the field of orthopedics in 1947 by discovering the posterior muscular chain . It is also this famous chain of muscles, which runs through the back of the neck to the toes, which works in anti-gym.

Mézières and methods Bertherat
Although anti-Mézières Method and gymnastics are both methods of postural rehabilitation , there is a fundamental difference between them. Mézières Method is a therapeutic modality for treating specific neuromuscular disorders heavy, in fact, it is mainly used by physical therapists and physiotherapists. For cons, the anti-gym is a comprehensive approach to prevention that addresses all.

On other forms of anti-gym
The term "anti-gym" has become a trademark in 2005. It can be used by practitioners with a "Certificate of License". Many practitioners of different approaches inspired body, however, among other things, the method Bertherat, they may have adapted to their specialty. The anti-gym and many other disciplines using movement as an approach to self-awareness is part of what is called the somatic education .