The most important question you can ever ask is: ‘Is the universe is a friendly place?’ – Albert Einstein He added: … if we decide that the universe is a friendly place, then we will use our technology, our scientific … Continue reading →
When our children were in middle school, my wife and I would attend “Classroom Visit Night” at the start of each term. This involved going to all their classes in the same order they did during the school day, and … Continue reading →
It is natural for our bodies to work efficiently – Patrick Macdonald. MacDonald was one of the first people trained to be an Alexander Technique teacher, in the early 1930s, and his observation was based on over 50 year’s experience … 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 →
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 →
The trouble is none of my pupils will believe that all they need to do is to think and that wish for the neck to be free will do the trick…We are so brutalized by our belief in doing and … Continue reading →
I love this quote* by F. Matthias Alexander! For me, it gets to the heart of a major obstacle faced by students as they begin to explore Alexander Technique directions – the strong temptation to hold on to the nice … Continue reading →
I am free. That’s a simple example of an Alexander Technique Freedom Direction.* Freedom Directions are both amazingly simple, and amazingly powerful. Would you like to do a little experiment to test that claim, an experiment that could change your … Continue reading →