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Buri, my job requires me to sit a lot. Would you say sitting is easier than standing? Will you agree with the following advice: sit on your sitting bones. Feet on ground and feel your knees are suspended, so as your head. Allow your hip, shoulders, and elbow joints to get loose, etc.

I’ll be working with a different certified AT teacher (her name is Johanna Godliman, I don’t know if you’ve heard of her) starting this Friday. She started AT in England back in the 80s and has been passionate and active about it since than. I’m very excited about it.

Greetings,
no, sitting is much harde ron the body than standing...
You are on the right lines with attention to the Sitz bones. After that I recoomend a simple exercises or awareness. I wrote it out in detial in an old blog so I will take a lok and get back to yoyu,
Cheers,
Buri Gretings,
Yixi I couldn`t find what I wa slooking for because i have written so much it even surprise smenow!
I did cut this from a previous blog*
1)I allow my shoulders to release away from one another.
2) I allow my left shoulder to release away from my right hip, and my right shoulder to release away from my left hip.
3) I am allowing my hands to lengthen away from my shoulders.
4) I am allowing my hands to widen as my fingers lengthen.
5) I’m letting my pelvis move freely, tilting back more.
6) I am allowing my knees to soften and bend slightly.
7) I am allowing my feet to spread on the ground as my toes lengthen.
8) I am allowing my lower jaw to release from my ears.

Now try playing again and see if you find anything different.>

If you haveN@t read all the blogs I wrote in 2006 you might find some interesting stuff in there. There is quite a long essya on sititng.

Cheers,
Buri

From Yixi Zhang
Posted from 24.68.193.148 on February 28, 2008 at 3:17 AM (GMT)

Thank you so much Buri! Actually I got almost all your old writings on AT printed out, but due to the recent the house renovation, they are 'hiding' somewhere. Will try what you said above first and try to stand more at work.

Should be interesting to see what my new teacher will say.

From Ronald Mutchnik
Posted from 69.250.62.221 on February 28, 2008 at 4:26 AM (GMT)

Or the teachers and conductors that give the seemingly positive instruction to relax but "say" it at the top of their lungs!
I enjoyed this blog and apologize that I haven't thought to look at these before but I will start to do so.
Thank you for your invaluable contributions to this site!

From Drew Lecher
Posted from 64.53.208.254 on February 29, 2008 at 4:58 AM (GMT)

Buri,

So when I say, be erect, stand/sit tall like a ballerina or gymnast, as having a string attached to the head lifting up, lift the chest, suck in the gut and tuck in the butt, breathe deep, be up and alert like a squirrel in the grass when I walk the dogs, stay over the arches, lift the instrument, bring the bow up to the strings, balance, balance, balance… it coincides with your excellent blog?

Yes/No?
D.

From Stephen Brivati
Posted from 210.172.213.190 on February 29, 2008 at 6:00 AM (GMT)

yes, but just workign through all that uses up all my practice time....;)