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Category Archives: Alexander Technique
Text Neck Can Hurt Your Kissing
BLOG: The Science of Kissing, What Our Lips Are Telling Us by Sheril Kirshenbaum says “A good deal of the scientific literature speculates that kissing may have evolved to help us choose a suitable partner, or to realize when a … Continue reading
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Teacher ‘used Alexander Technique’ On Boys
REPORT: A MARRIED schoolmaster has insisted he did not grope young boys and was simply using the Alexander Technique to help them relax. David Lowe, 61, said he learned the therapeutic method while studying at the Mozarteum in Salzburg, Austria, … Continue reading
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Tony Robbins Hoarse Voice
I have spent over a hundred hours listening to Tony Robbins talks and he always has a hoarse voice. Looking at his recent interview with the New York Times, it is easy to see why. He tightens and compresses his … Continue reading
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How Do You Release The Jaw?
Some tips from a FB thread of Alexander Technique teachers: * I’ve heard things like free, releasing away from the skull, down and away… * The head’s going forward and up is preventive of it’s going back and down to … Continue reading
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How the Alexander Technique can help with Physical and Emotional Healing
Ingrid Bacci tells Robert Rickover: “All of this work revolves around — how am I? Tension is about self-punitive behavior, which originates from feeling that I am not OK. I am dependent and I have to work to make myself … Continue reading
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British Philosopher Anthony Ludovici On The Alexander Technique
From Wikipedia: Anthony Mario Ludovici MBE (8 January 1882 – 3 April 1971) was a British philosopher, sociologist, social critic and polyglot. He is best known as a proponent of aristocracy, and in the early 20th century was a leading … Continue reading
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Power Poses & The Alexander Technique
Imogen Ragone tells Robert Rickover: “Leaders in the animal kingdom and among humans had the same characteristics — high levels of testosterone and low levels of cortisol… Animals and humans alike were more expanded. They made themselves bigger. From there … Continue reading
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What is Sensory Integration/Occupational Therapy?
Loren Shlaes writes: Occupational therapy assists people who for various reasons cannot meet their responsibilities and are not functioning at their highest potential. A child who is not succeeding in school and can’t meet the grownup’s expectations falls into this … Continue reading
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How To Deal With The Anxious Child
Loren Shlaes writes: The anxious child treats many everyday activities as if he is experiencing them for the first time. He can’t easily adapt to novelty, and he can’t internalize routine. Long after the beginning of the school year, he … Continue reading
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