I recently listed to a Freakonomics podcast about the growing understanding that failure can be an extremely useful step towards success. There are now college classes devoted to this – Failure 101 so to speak – and even a traveling … Continue reading →
Guest Post by Will Jakes John Dewey and F. M. Alexander – Early 1920s in New York City It is as reasonable to expect a fire to go out when it is ordered to stop burning as to suppose that … Continue reading →
You might recognize this as the title of a Country song from the 1990’s by Lorri Morgan. You can listen to it at the bottom of the page. The song’s message is very simple: She just wants to have a … Continue reading →
In the process of recovery rehab from a mild stoke, I was introduced to metronome therapy by Guido Rodriguez, my Physical Therapist at the Methodist Hospital in Omaha. It had an almost immediate beneficial effect on many of my … Continue reading →
Every few months, I enjoy using ChatGPT, or one of the other free AI programs, to come up with the answer to an Alexander Technique question, or to imagine a meeting between F. Mathias Alexander and a famous historical character. … Continue reading →
If you’re experimenting with Alexander Technique directions, walking is an excellent activity to use for those experiments, and equally important, to test whether a direction is actually useful. Hard surfaces such as wooden floors make that process far easier than, … Continue reading →
I stumbled onto this photo of Annie Oakley and couldn’t stop thinking about the amazing ability it must take to hit a target behind you, something she did in all her performances. As any marksman will tell you, their profession … Continue reading →
F. Matthias Alexander, the developer of the Alexander Technique, believed that if we want to improve the way we function, we need to make the best use of our ability to think. Only then can we engage in what he … Continue reading →
Suppose a man starts out to reach a certain destination and comes to a place where the road branches into two. Not knowing the way, he takes the wrong road of the two and gets lost. He asks the way … Continue reading →
What you do speaks so loud that I cannot hear what you say. – Ralph Waldo Emerson, American essayist and poet We humans do a lot of things while upright. This video provides a unique and clear view of a … Continue reading →