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Category Archives: Alexander Technique
Zen Meditation And Alexander Technique
In an interview with Robert Rickover, Alexander Technique teacher Michael Ostrow says: “Both Zen and Alexander are difficult to pin down.” “Alexander Technique is a way to free oneself from habitual ways of reacting, thinking and behaving that we don’t … Continue reading
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Alexander Technique After Dark
My new Alexander website. I kick it with Joey Kurtzman.
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I Launch My New Alexander Technique Website
My new Alexander website.
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Teaching Alexander Technique In Santa Monica
My new Alexander website.
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What To Do About Negative Self-Talk
Many people when they are on a date are worried about what the other person is thinking about them. Many people at work are worried about what the boss thinks of them. Many people at school are worried about what … Continue reading
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8 Steps to a Pain-Free Back: Natural Posture Solutions for Pain in the Back, Neck, Shoulder, Hip, Knee, and Foot (Remember When It Didn’t Hurt)
Author Esther Gokhale tells Direction Journal: “In the Western world, we’ve forgotten how to use our bodies.” “I blame a couple of things. One is the fashion industry. Around WWI, it became fashionable to tuck the pelvis. The flapper look. … Continue reading
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Will The World Recognize Alexander Technique?
In an interview with Direction Journal, veteran Alexander Technique teacher David Gorman says: “I hear a lot of enthusiasm [from Alexander teachers] that this study published in the British Medical Journal is really going to change things. I don’t think … Continue reading
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Falling Into The Alexander Trance With Frank Ottiwell
From the San Francisco Chronicle, May 14, 2003: Students appear in a trancelike state — some lying delicately on a table, others sitting bolt upright in a wooden chair, and others walking across the room, slowly. The setting is a … Continue reading
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Why Are So Many Alexander Technique Teachers Jewish?
Veteran Alexander teacher Frank Ottiwell made a stray remark about training with Judy Leibowitz in New York in 1958 with a “dozen Jews.” (Cited in this interview with Brooke Lieb.) That made me wonder why so many Alexander teachers are … Continue reading
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Why Some People Don’t Change Despite Many Alexander Technique Lessons
In an interview with Direction Journal, veteran Alexander Technique teacher David Gorman says: “You have people coming in for lessons. We have this remarkable ability when we are trained to put our hands on them and to facilitate changes that … Continue reading
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