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Category Archives: Alexander Technique
Give Up Your Sticks!
A familiar and painful emotion I feel frequently is shame. It got instilled in me early in life that I was bad. That I didn’t measure up. That I was a real rotter. I was letting everyone down. I was … Continue reading
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Should You Sit Up Straight?
I was talking to a group of psycho-therapists the other day. I said every emotion requires a particular alignment of the body. Lose that alignment and you’ll lose the emotion. For instance, when you take up your full space in … Continue reading
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Talking To Psycho-Therapists About Alexander Technique
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Alexander Technique Can Help You Survive Life’s Earthquakes
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The Opposite Of Grace And Good Use
Check out this diver. Her head is rotating back on to the spine, compressing her whole torso. Usually the performer with the freest neck and the least facial tension will do the best and get the highest scores.
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How the Alexander Technique can help Premature and Brain-Injured Babies
“Jennifer Kellow, an Alexander Technique teacher and Registered Nurse in Jersey City, New Jersey, talks about her work with with premature and brain-injured babies.” Jennifer: “When I was learning Alexander Technique, I was working as a nurse in newborn intensive … Continue reading
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Alexander Teachers Spend Raucous Afternoon Validating Each Other
LOS ANGELES, CA—According to witnesses, a tight-knit group of twenty five Alexander Technique teachers spent a wild afternoon in Reseda Sunday, overindulging in emotionally supportive behavior and generally validating the living heck out of each other. Confirming the women get … Continue reading
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Three Downsides To Alexander Lessons
Usually, you will feel great after an Alexander lesson. You’ll feel more at ease in your body, more balanced, and more tranquil. But there’s also a good chance that once you let go of your body armoring (unnecessary tension), you’ll … Continue reading
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The Alexander Technique and Efficient Breathing
“Robert Rickover talks with Dr. John H. M. Austin, MD, Professor Emeritus of Radiology at the Columbia University Medical Center and internationally known chest radiologist about a study he conducted with the late Pearl Ausubel, an Alexander Technique teacher in … Continue reading
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How the Alexander Technique can help with Eating Disorders
“Shirley Wade-Linton, an Alexander Technique teacher and Registered Dietitian in Courtenay, Vancouver Island, British Columbia talks with Robert Rickover about ways in which the Technique can help people with eating disorders.” Shirley: “Because people with eating disorders almost by definition … Continue reading
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