Monthly Archives: August 2011

Common Mistakes Alexander Technique Teachers Make With Their Websites

I was listening to Robert Rickover list off mistakes: * Putting skeletons on your website. * Using jargon such as “inhibition” or “primary control” or “constructive conscious control” and the like. * Putting up photos of the teacher with his … Continue reading

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This Week’s Torah Portion – Parashat Re’eh (Deuteronomy 11:26-16:17)

I discuss the weekly Torah portion with Rabbi Rabbs Mondays at 7:00 pm PST on my live cam and on YouTube. Facebook Fan Page. Watch the video. This week we study Parashat Re’eh (Deuteronomy 11:26-16:17). * Every choice you make contains … Continue reading

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The Alexander Police

There’s been only one academic history (by Jeroen Staring) of F.M. Alexander and it shows conclusively that he plagiarized most if not all of the ideas that his followers attribute to him. Yet there is no mention of this in … Continue reading

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When Your Leader Is A Plagiarist

I grew up a Seventh-Day Adventist. I was taught that our founder, Ellen G. White, was a prophet of God who had visions of divine revelation that the Church was God’s true chosen people and that He was sending Jesus … Continue reading

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War Is Sometimes The Answer

Rachel posts to FB: wonders about those who say “war is not the answer”, yet also sympathize with *terrorists* who attack innocent civilians, calling them “freedom fighters”. Isn’t that what soldiers in, say, Afghanistan and Iraq consider themselves – people … Continue reading

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