(3c) Swaying left and right

The action of swaying can help to retrain the vestibular system, which has to do with regulation of muscle tone.

There are four early reflexes through which, in human development in the womb and in infancy, the vestibular system lays the essential foundations for regulation of muscle tone. The four reflexes are, to give them their scientific names:
1. The Moro reflex.
2. The tonic labyrinthine reflex (TLR).
3. The asymmetrical tonic neck reflex (ATNR).
4. The symmetrical tonic neck reflex (STNR).

To give them alternative, non-scientific names, they are:
1. The “How Am I?” reflex.
2. The “Where Am I?” reflex.
3. The side-to-side integration reflex.
4. The top-to-bottom bridging reflex.

Number 1 has a lot to do with emotional attachment or detachment, end-gaining or non-end-gaining, grasping or letting go, pushing forward or stepping back.
Number 2 has a lot to do with proprioception.
Number 3 has a lot to do with the integration of our two sides in movement and non-movement.
Number 4 has a lot to do with bridging the evolutionary gap from ape-like to more enlightened human behaviour.

Number 1 has a lot to do with the Alexander direction to “let the neck be free.”
Number 2 has a lot to do with the Alexander direction to “let the head be released out of the body (‘forward and up’)”.
Number 3 has a lot to do with the Alexander direction to “let the back widen.”
Number 4 has a lot to do with the Alexander direction to “send the knees forwards and away (to allow freedom at the hip-joints).”

Anybody for a banana?