Category Archives: Alexander Technique

Enter The Ninja (Dirty Version)

A year ago, Andrew Breitbart sent me a link to this video and said it was the most perverse thing he’d ever seen. Notice the excessive facial tension of Die Antwoord‘s lead member Ninja (Watkin Tudor Jones): Do you think … Continue reading

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Checking Out Youtube’s Top Yoga Videos

Yoga classes frequently presuppose a level of flexibility that most people simply do not have. There’s no way the average bloke will be able to keep up with the following: This next video is from Yoga Journal: Elena Brower says: … Continue reading

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Analyzing Weight Loss Yoga for Beginners

Follow this video and you’re likely to injure yourself! Yogi Tara Styles says: “This is a routine great for beginners… So go ahead and sit up on your heels.” It was this very sitting on my heels during my first … Continue reading

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Will Exercises Improve Your Posture?

According to fitness coach Belle Badell, “the idea of the chest pop is to squeeze the back muscles and then squeezing the upper abs. …Press the back muscles in and downwards. Press and release. If you ever wonder how Shakira … Continue reading

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Live In Response, Not In Reaction

My Alexander Technique students usually want out of their pain as fast as possible. If they have a sore neck or tight shoulders of a gimpy knee, they want a fix pronto. But these pains are only symptoms for what … Continue reading

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