| abstract | - Alexander used the term inhibition before it acquired a different definition through Freudian psychology. FM Alexander originated this term to describe the principal idea of how to prevent what he had mistakenly trained himself to do. The founder offered the story about his choice of the word: inhibition is the action an animal hunter might do to strategically choose the exact moment to spring for prey. It involved stopping the urge to instantly and instinctually satisfy its natural hunger by prematurely jumping too soon ineffectively. There are many expressions of inhibition, as well as levels of how it is employed to address increasingly more difficult challenges. There are as many ways inhibition may be taught as there are Alexander Technique teachers. If you are an Alexander Technique teacher, please feel free to add your innovations or experience about how inhibition is best communicated to these attempted descriptions.
* Inhibition in the Alexander world does not mean possessing some sort of unconscious hang-up, as is its common definition now.
* inhibition is any strategy done as a preventative action to redirect the power of habit to control outcome,
* Inhibition is how to deal with a backlash of self-preservation that is felt as a depressing resistance or disillusionment.
* Inhibition is refusing to be controlled by any habitual routine you have decided you want to change for whatever reason
* Inhibition is the ability to choose a new, more appropriate means in spite of the power of thoughtlessness, habitual training or any routines
* Inhibition techniques in the context of Alexander Technique lessons commonly use
* a pause,
* a full stop,
* deliberate suspension,
* an active "allowing" = meaning, to be free and do nothing instead of reacting
* a deliberate choice to do something different or unexpected In conclusion, inhibition is an Alexander Technique buzz word for the (mental) discipline of stopping habitual reactions to any stimulus. Once we stop for a moment, our Inner Observer has the chance to notice what (and how) we wanted to do something else other than what we were about to habitually do. Inhibition is any action drives a wedge of choice between stimulus and reaction, making a new or less obvious option possible. Below are listed the different types and expressions of inhibition. Inhibition creates the freedom to choose a more appropriate or efficient way of doing things. It also allows discovery of new options, because using inhibition refreshes sensory ability that helps notice new possibilities, once the old ways give up their protective control.
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