Category Archives: Alexander Technique

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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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