The Mitzvah Technique

Khunrum emails: Alex is passe’ brother Luke. Start rockin’ with the Jews. Maybe you can switch “disciplines”. M. Cohen-Nehemia will undoubtedly give you a Yiddisha Discount. Actually bro you’ve gone far enough. It’s time to rake in the cash. Start your own thing. Combine the Alexander with Yoga, call it Yogander and begin gathering disciples. It’s all a bunch of $%#@& anyway.

The Mitzvah Technique is a dynamic method designed to improve posture and release tension and stress through exercises and therapeutic table work. It is based on the “Mitzvah Mechanism”, an upward rippling motion that gently reinforces the body’s balance with gravity. It works on the muscular-skeletal structure. It realigns, rebalances and exercises the entire body during sitting, standing and walking. As a result, this mechanism is readily applied to daily activities.

Rather than long-term work by practitioners, students learn how to use the Mitzvah Technique itself. Musicians have been extensive users.

The technique was developed by M. Cohen-Nehemia of Toronto, a Yemeni-Israeli immigrant to Canada. It was originally derived from the Alexander Technique, but has independently developed since the early 1970s.