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Category Archives: Alexander Technique
Giving Up Versus Getting Help
Many times when I have a stiff problem, my first reaction is to lie down. I just want to give up. I want to curl into a ball and stop fighting. Then, after a while, I’ll get up and get … Continue reading
She Had An Amazing Sense Of Touch
The main teacher in the movie and play The History Boys said his touch of his students was more benedictory than exploratory. I’ve never been able to forget that phrase. Some people just have an amazing sense of touch and … Continue reading
Why Did President Kennedy Rock Backward When He Was Shot From Behind?
On page 315 of his 1993 book Case Closed, author Gerald Posner writes: “But if the President was struck in the head by a bullet fired from the rear, then why does he jerk so violently backward on the Zapruder … Continue reading
35-Year Alexander Technique Teacher Larry White
I got an hour-long lesson in Alexander Technique today from veteran teacher Larry White ([email protected]). I videotaped the whole thing and put it on Youtube. Here’s a seminar Larry gave at the eighth international Alexander conference in Lugano in 2008: … Continue reading
Why Do I Want To Become An Alexander Technique Teacher?
By the end of this year, I’ll be a certified teacher of Alexander Technique. Why is this important to me? Well, I never graduated from college. I got sick and had to drop out short of my undergraduate degree. This … Continue reading
Nothing Can Substitute For Presence
And nothing can substitute for Alexander Technique lessons in developing presence. Otherwise your constricting habits take over and no amount of doing, no amount of yoga, will get you back to the grace and poise you had as a child. … Continue reading
Sit Up Straight To Avoid Back Pain
From the New York Times: If you want a more systematic, long-term approach to posture change, consider the Alexander technique, a method that teaches you how recognize and release habitual tension that interferes with good posture. Not all doctors in … Continue reading
Life Rewards A Laser Focus
I know somebody who’s a massage therapist and an Alexander Technique teacher. He makes most of his money from doing massage. He has no Alexander clients. “I can’t sell this [Alexander] stuff,” he says. On the other hand, almost everybody … Continue reading
Sexy Professors At Beyond Baroque
I read this story at Beyond Baroque tonight in Venice for a show put on by my writing class. Six of us read stories, two of us sang songs. We had some sexy professors in the audience. I just adore … Continue reading
John F. Kennedy’s Bad Back
The new miniseries “The Kennedys” (available on instant streaming at Netflix) shows President John F. Kennedy struggling with a bad back. In episode four (10:36 in), he does a classic Alexander Technique exercise — semi supine aka active rest. He … Continue reading