Walter Tschaikowski
The Art of Walking
As soon as our way of walking is no more interfering with the free flow of the primary control, our movements become a fascinating experience. The better I can balance myself in movement, the more I get free from instability and insecurity. 25 years ago I understood that my walking balance improves when I free my neck and send my head forward and up. Today I teach my students to look for the freeing influence of the primary control from the head to the feet while lying, sitting or standing still. In addition to that I ask them to look for the winding roads on which the body is reacting to the ground in the complex movement called walking. In that way the balancing system of the human organism is renewed to a quality close to the freshness of our early childhood when we started to walk for the first time.
To accomplish the art of walking, three aspects are important:
- Walking is a balancing and stabilising procedure that brings together all parts of the body in turning and “rolling” movements.
- Walking at ease frees the function of breathing.
- Walking in harmony improves our perception- inside and outside at the same time.
When these aspects come together walking becomes an extremely joyful and uplifting experience.
Walter Tschaikowski was qualified by Yehuda Kuperman in 1985.
From the beginning of his training Walter was fascinated by the possibilities of the Alexander Technique in improving our walking. In the course of the years for him the art of walking became a key as well to running as to horse riding.
Walter wrote 2 books about the Alexander Technique, movement and horse riding:
"Besser reiten mit der Alexander-Technik" and
"Fit und ausbalanciert mit der Alexander-Technik"
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