Then first thing in the morning when you wake up, don’t leap out of bed otherwise it will be 11 o’clock before you even think about freeing your neck. Stay there for a while with the knees drawn up and give your orders. Then get out of bed slowly – don’t rush it. It’s not good for you to go from lying on your back for hours and then to spring out of bed. Then you can work out the times in the day when it’s easy for you to think about inhibiting and directing. I don’t expect you to think about it all day long – nobody can. But if you link up thinking about inhibiting and directing, say, when you stop for a meal and you’re not under any time pressure then you’re on your way – you’re off to a good start. Gradually you can expand your repertoire to other times during the day.
Marjory Barlow quoting FM Alexander (“Alexander Technique: the Ground Rules” – Part 1 p64)