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Category Archives: Alexander Technique
What Do You Do In The More Advanced Lessons?
I was talking about the Alexander Technique to a new friend today. I said it was a way to notice your responses to stimuli and to let go of those responses that don’t serve you. He asked me how is … Continue reading
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Is Running An Alexander Technique Training Course The Path To Riches?
F.M. Alexander began instructing teachers in his methods with great reluctance. He did not do it to further his technique as much as to make money. During the Great Depression, his private students dried up. So he realized he’d have … Continue reading
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What’s Underneath The Tension?
Often I will work with somebody in Alexander Technique and they will be incredibly tensed up. They are armored. They are protected by their tension but also imprisoned by it. Even though I have no formal training in psychology, I … Continue reading
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Letting Go Of Needless Body Tension Transforms Your Writing
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Almost All Alexander Teachers Gasp For Air When They Try To Project Their Voice
F.M. Alexander‘s voice problems began when he was an actor who tried to project his voice to fill a hall. In so doing, he gasped for air, tipped his head back, and compressed his torso. This put pressure on his … Continue reading
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Alexander Technique’s Dreadful Branding
Author Michael Gelb, the world’s most famous Alexander Technique teacher, says to Direction Journal: “Alexander Technique has had a dreadful exercise in branding itself over the last 30 years. The work is more valuable than ever.” “It’s hard for Alexander … Continue reading
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‘We’re Not Here To Make The Student Feel Good’
The typical Alexander Technique teacher trainee is going to hear many times over his three years of instruction that “we’re not here to make the student feel good, we’re here to help them learn something.” I’m not sure there’s such … Continue reading
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Is Alexander Technique Body Work?
Most people I know who’ve heard of the Alexander Technique regard it as body work. Yet almost all Alexander teachers say it is not body work. We think we’re teaching psycho-physical awareness. We’re teaching observation, inhibition and direction. We just … Continue reading
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Alexander Technique Energizes You And Makes You Feel Great
In a telephone interview with Paul Cook, Alexander Technique teacher John Nichols says: “There’s just one huge obvious challenge [facing Alexander teachers today] that dwarfs every other challenge — the majority of Alexander teachers around the world do not have … Continue reading
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