Suspended Animation

Alexander chose his words with the utmost of care, so it is significant that the verb he used in his first direction was "to allow". Allowing your neck to be free presupposes that your neck's natural tendency is to be free. It follows that if you have the power to allow your neck to be free you must be the agent of it's restraint. As soon as you stop preventing the natural freedom of your neck, your head can move forward and up and your back can lengthen and widen. This is classic inhibition because the action you take is to stop doing something. You stop interfering. However, not interfering{allowing} only works because the upward release of your head and whole body is, in a sense, already happening. You don't make your neck free you simply let go into the flow of easy movement that is ready and waiting to be expressed.