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Tag Archives: Alexander Technique
What Is My Primary Mission In Life?
For most of the time since I was eight years old, I’ve felt like my primary mission in life was to write. I started blogging in 1997 and started weekly psycho-therapy in 1998. All of my therapists have seen vast … Continue reading
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Tagged Alexander Technique, keen observations, orthodox jew, psycho therapy, public writings
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Trying To Shut Down Alexander Technique Historian Jeroen Staring
A few months ago, I did this interview with Jeroen Staring (gnirats@hetnet.nl) via email: How has the Alexander community reacted to your work? Is there a certain type of mind that reacts with interest to your work and another type … Continue reading
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Tagged Alexander Technique, dutch book, f m alexander, f matthias alexander, jean fischer, new statesman
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Reb Moshe Sat Up Straight
When I mention the Alexander Technique to people, they often stiffen and push themselves up in a rigid way. “Is this good Alexander Technique?” they often ask. No, it is not. You’d be better off with your habitual slump, I … Continue reading
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Tagged Alexander Technique, natural curves, orthodox judaism, rabbi shimon, reb moshe, reb shlomo
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Live In Response, Not In Reaction
My Alexander Technique students usually want out of their pain as fast as possible. If they have a sore neck or tight shoulders of a gimpy knee, they want a fix pronto. But these pains are only symptoms for what … Continue reading
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Tagged Alexander Technique, david gorman, guilt and shame, intense awareness, tight shoulders
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Popular Solutions To Postural Problems
The best thing you can do for your posture is to be happy. Happy people tend to be buoyant aka “capable of floating”. Buoyant means full of air and full of life. Upward in orientation. Depressed people tend to collapse. … Continue reading
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Tagged Alexander Technique, bad posture, body tension, kinaesthesia, postural problems, swing coach
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