Draw a tiny circle in the air with your nose. As you do it feel which parts of you move along with it?
For many people, the only thing that moves is the head and neck. If that’s true for you, it’s the signal that your neck is over isolated. You’re not using the support of the whole spine, but making your neck do all the work on its own! But the neck is just a small part of the whole spine.
Do you think of the neck, head or pelvis as part of the spine?
You need a level of co-ordination through your whole spine, and ribs. When that’s not there, you’ll find your neck is over working, and may either be stiff, and/or painful.
The rest of the spine is the support structure for the neck. For the spine to be free, your ribs have to be able to move. And turn, the base of support for your spine is pelvis. From the sitting bones up to your sacrum, and above.
From a spinal point of view, you can also think of the pelvis as the bottom vertebra of the spine, albeit a rather large one. And the head, a bulky top vertebra!
When you include the head and pelvis in your view of the spine, it will also affect how you use it.
Whole spine co-ordination is necessary for a mobile neck
So being able to feel the pelvis, spine and head connected is crucial for your ability to support the neck. To keep the neck well oiled, you want a good quality of movement. Which in turn requires an amount of skill in sensation and awareness.
the Feldenkrais Method with Emma Alter 