Since discovering the Alexander Technique many years ago, I’ve been fascinated by the posture and movement patterns I observe in others. When I see someone that appears to have a dysfunctional pattern, I ask myself: “How are they doing that?” … Continue reading →
In a previous post, Mind and Body go to Couple’s Therapy, Mind and Body talked about their issues with each other, and how they hoped the Alexander Technique would help. Arrangements were made to visit a teacher of the Technique. … Continue reading →
Conscious Control in Relation to Human Evolution in Civilization by F. Matthias Alexander. I suspect this title (I’ll shorten in to CC) seems vaguely familiar to most Alexander Technique teachers and serious students because of it’s similarity to Constructive Conscious … Continue reading →
One day Mind and Body were having a chat about the challenges of their relationship. Body was annoyed that Mind had wandered while they were walking down the street, causing Body to hit a lamp post. “If you hadn’t put … Continue reading →
A couple of weeks ago, I embarked on my usual after-dinner walk. I’d had a long day of teaching and was feeling a little tired and generally low energy. My inclination was to skip the walk, but decided some fresh … Continue reading →
In my last post, No Auto-Correct for Habitual Tension – Part 1, I explored the fact that habitual excess tension in our bodies will not resolve itself. Some sort of intervention is required to release it. This is quite different … Continue reading →
I’ve never been a good speller. When I was about to graduate from high school and head off to university, our class was given a standardized test to measure our abilities across in a number of key areas. I scored … Continue reading →
I was introduced to the term brachiation a few months ago by my colleague Ellen Stafford, an Alexander Technique teacher in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania in one of her blog posts, Everyday Poise: Brachiation Ellen is interested in the evolutionary development of … Continue reading →
Check out the little guy in this 30 second video below. Known as a pond skimmer, he spends most of his life perfectly poised on the water’s surface. In some ways his situation is not all that different from ours. … Continue reading →
When I teach new Alexander Technique students, I almost always give them “homework” based on experiments in thinking and moving that I’ve talked them through in their lessons. These experiments typically involve using Alexander Technique directions (more on these below). … Continue reading →