First of all, it is important to understand the connection of inhibition with habits.
Thinking about this issue, I remembered Alexander's statement that the habit "feels right".
Like for example in "Use of the Self", pag 34:
"...proves too strong for him and keeps him tied down to the habitual use of himself which feels right"
Alexander doesn't say that it "feels good". Sometimes he says that the habit feels natural, right, etc. I shall return to this later on.
Second, it is important to note the difference between "inhibition" and "repression", an issue about which Alexander says, in CCCI pag 117:
"There has just come to my knowledge an interesting objection to the importance which I attach to the process of inhibition as a primary and fundamental factor in the technique of the scheme I advocate, and the objection is made on the ground that this use of inhibition will cause harmful suppression in the individual concerned ..."
It follows afterwards a long argument, which is quite obscure and misleading.
Finally Alexander says
"The stimulus to inhibit, therefore, in this case comes from within, and the process of inhibition is not forced upon the pupil. This means that the pupil's desire or desires will be
satisfied, not thwarted"
So, the difference is that the stimulus to inhibit comes (or should come) from ourselves, not from outside.
I believe that Alexander didn't give this issue due consideration. About one of the main difficulties in putting the technique into practice in daily life, he would speak of "forgetting to remember (to inhibit)".
But one of the reasons why pupils forget to remember, is precisely because the stimulus to inhibit doesn't come from within their self!
One of the most important things is therefore, to realize the difference between what feels right, and what feels good.
Because when we realize that an habit doesn't feel good, then we are one step closer to making the stimulus to inhibit that habit to come from within the self.
