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Monthly Archives: January 2012
How Alexander Technique Can Help With Addiction
Throughout my life, I’ve said things to myself such as, “I’ve got to have X or I’ll be unhappy.” I’ve been compulsive. I’ve needed to fill the hole in my soul with some emotional high. Twelve-step programs are great for … Continue reading
Posted in Addiction, Alexander Technique
Tagged alexander teachers, Alexander Technique, heavy weights, hole in my soul, step meetings, twelve step programs
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The Risks And Rewards Of Yoga
I did permanent damage to myself in my first enthusiastic weeks of yoga. I stretched out all sorts of ligaments that will never regain their original condition. It cost me about $1600 worth of physical therapy to ease the pain … Continue reading
Posted in Yoga
Tagged exertions, new york times sunday magazine, permanent damage, times sunday magazine, urbanites, yoga teachers
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Parallels between the Alexander Technique and Acupuncture/TCM
Amira Glasser is an Alexander Technique teacher in New York and a student of traditional Chinese medicine. Robert Rickover conducts the interview. “At one point, I tried to understand it [TCM] and I gave up.” “When I go, I present … Continue reading
Posted in Acupuncture, Alexander Technique, TCM
Tagged alexander teacher, alexander technique teacher, microscopic level, robert rickover, traditional chinese medicine, western medicine
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Holocaust Survivor Stanley Diller Drops Dead
The levaya (funeral) was at Yeshiva Gedolah this afternoon. Stanley was known in Los Angeles Jewish circles for his ugly divorce from his first wife and for his support for yeshivot. The Jewish Press reports in 2010: At the Hancock … Continue reading
Posted in Los Angeles
Tagged angeles superior court, california appeals court, Hancock Park, holocaust survivor, los angeles superior court, state appeals court, superior court judge, ugly divorce, war of the roses
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