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Category Archives: Alexander Technique
A Gentle Wish For A Sunny Day
When I teach my new students to free their necks, they always try to do something and end up with a sore neck. What the heck does it mean to free the neck? It means to release the neck from … Continue reading
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Tagged new students, robert rickover, stiff neck, tight neck, what the heck
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Don’t Crack Your Neck!
Many of my students have a habit of cracking their neck. I know this brings momentary release but it damages your neck in the long run. It’s best not to crack your joints. Report: If you often crack or pop … Continue reading
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Tagged cycle 1, mobile joints, momentary release, no brainer, tin man, vertebra
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I Have A Friendly Face!
I feel isolated much of the time. Standoffish. Most people, I don’t feel much inclination to get to know them. I frequently feel lonely in a crowd. I’ll go to a conference one weekend and there might be only one … Continue reading
Posted in Alexander Technique, Personal
Tagged forehead, inclination, postures, shul, stranger
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How To Sit Comfortably
Alexander teacher Ariel Weiss tells interviewer Robert Rickover: “I want to debunk the myth of sitting still. We’re not designed to sit still. People get in trouble when they stiffen themselves and make themselves still when they sit.” “I ask … Continue reading
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Alexander Technique And Beauty
Thinking about writing on this topic, I Googled “Alexander Technique and beauty” the other day and found no consequential results. Nobody that I can find has written on this topic. Call me shallow, but I not only prefer to look … Continue reading
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Tagged alexander teacher, alexander teachers, Alexander Technique, brows, excess tension, full length mirror, thoughts and feelings, ugly people, unnecessary tension
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Escaping From Your Life
I’ve never done any kind of illegal drug. I’ve never smoked marijuana. I’ve never felt tempted to indulge this way. I’ve never led a dissolute life. While I’ve hung out with dissolute people at times, I’ve not participated in that … Continue reading
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Tagged alexander lessons, Alexander Technique, dissolute life, kinaesthesia, unnecessary tension
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How To Deal With Anxiety
Even though I keep telling my students I am not a therapist, some of them use me in that way. As we work with Alexander Technique, they find themselves releasing unneeded tension and at the same time releasing emotions. The … Continue reading
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Tagged Alexander Technique, emotional release, how to deal with anxiety, poor self esteem, ragone, tension release, unnecessary tension
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How The Alexander Technique Can Help Musicians
Laura Klein is an Alexander Technique teacher and professional jazz musician in Berkeley, California. Laura tells Robert Rickover: “In a way, musicians and singers are athletes. We don’t think of ourselves as athletes, but we are athletes of small movements. … Continue reading
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Tagged alexander technique teacher, long periods of time, many different reasons, professional conductor, professional jazz musician, robert rickover
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The Strain Of Repeated Precise Movements
One in ten dentists according to a 1997 survey have such severe pain from repetitive work movements that they seek the help of a physician and about half of these curtail their work because of such pain. I’m listening to … Continue reading
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Tagged alexander technique teacher, dozen eggs, hard boiled eggs, martin goldman, peeling hard boiled eggs, robert rickover
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Teach Yourself Alexander Technique
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