This past week, I had to deal with two companies which, under the right circumstances, provide an excellent product but which have truly awful phone support systems. I’m sure you know what I’m talking about: Long hold times during which … Continue reading →
I have always walked a lot. As a child, my parents were just about the only people in the neighborhood without a car so if I wanted to go somewhere, I had to walk or take the bus. It was … Continue reading →
The Alexander Technique has been around for over 125 years and so it’s not surprising that references to it, and to it’s founder F. Matthias Alexander, have appeared in works for fiction a number of times. Some of those references … Continue reading →
In two earlier blogs, The Power of Posture and The Power of Posture – Part 2, I wrote about the posture and coordination of politicians and American televangelists. In general the ones who are successful use their bodies more effectively … Continue reading →
“P” – as in Posture. In a previous blog, What Is The Alexander Technique?, I wrote about the curious reluctance of many of us Alexander Technique teachers to actually say what the Technique is. Another odd feature of our profession … 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’s a question that Alexander Technique teachers get all the time and, oddly, it’s frequently met with a hesitant response that suggests the teacher isn’t totally comfortable providing an answer. Why is this? There are probably several reasons, but I … Continue reading →
I once assisted the late Marjorie Barstow on a teaching trip to a large mid-western university where she gave classes in the Alexander Technique to Music Department faculty and students. In one class, a professor asked for help playing the … Continue reading →
Answer #1: It’s the title – almost! – of F. Matthias Alexander’s first book, Man’s Supreme Inheritance – originally published in 1910 and republished in an expanded version in 1918 with an added sub-title, Conscious Guidance and Control in Relation … 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 →
