The Alexander Technique: How to Deliver Messages

People forget there's really two communication or signaling processes going on. Nervous one is primarily electrical, but has a chemical base. Sending chemical messages to change what's going on in the organ or area of the brain that you want to change just takes a little longer. People who have had heart transplants can't start getting their heart rate up right away when they go out for exercise. It takes a couple of minutes for the chemistry from that, the adrenaline, the narpinephrine, the other things to kick in and get the heart rate rising.