Most people respond to thinking they must accomplish a task quickly by shortening their stature, tensing and compressing their necks, taking shallower breaths, their heart racing, anxiety flying, and overall going into a version of the fight or flight reflex.<\/p>\n
By contrast, when you think, “I have all the time I need to accomplish this task,” you will probably breathe easier and more deeply and be more likely to let go of unnecessary tension in your body. <\/p>\n
I got this from the following discussion: “Working with Groups<\/a> – <\/strong>Alexander Technique teacher Meade Andrews<\/a> talks with Paul Cook ofDirection Journal<\/a> about teaching the Technique in a group setting.”<\/p>\n Mead has her group pretend to juggle. This activates their primary control and they naturally come into length and width. You can’t juggle and be in a postural set. It won’t work. Their heads are moving because they have to look at the balls. They’re changing their balance and their relationship to gravity. They’re enlivened. <\/p>\n Later on, people ask, is this like yoga? People want to group it with something else. Alexander Technique can’t be compared with anything else. It is unique. <\/p>\n Related links:<\/p>\n <\/span><\/p>\n “The Art of Group Teaching”<\/a> “Confessions of a Movement Consultant”<\/a> “An \u00c9tude a Day” (coming soon) American Society for the Alexander Technique Alexander Technique Workshops International The Village Green – Direction Journal – Young Arts – National Foundation for Advancement in the Arts British Medical Journal Research Study on the Alexander Technique for Back Pain Prevention Most people respond to thinking they must accomplish a task quickly by shortening their stature, tensing and compressing their necks, taking shallower breaths, their heart racing, anxiety flying, and overall going into a version of the fight or flight reflex. … Continue reading
by Meade Andrews
This paper was first published in The Congress Papers of the 7th International Congress of the F.M. Alexander Technique published by STAT Books (London 2005).<\/p>\n
by Meade Andrews
This paper was first published in The Congress Papers of the 8th International Congress of the F.M. Alexander Technique published by STAT Books (London 2009).<\/p>\n
by Meade Andrews
This article was first published in AmSAT News<\/i>, issue 65, Fall 2004.<\/p>\n
This article about Meade’s work was published inDirection<\/i>, a journal on the Alexander Technique, volume 3, number 6 in 2009.
Listen to the accompanying interview with Meade Andrews by Direction Journal’s Paul Cook<\/a><\/div>\n\nLINKS<\/i><\/h3>\n
www.alexandertechnique.com<\/a><\/p>\n
www.AmSATonline.org<\/a><\/p>\n
www.alexandertechniqueworkshops.com<\/a><\/p>\n
Alexander Technique at Seven Oaks
www.thevillagegreen.net<\/a><\/p>\n
A Journal on the Alexander Technique
www.directionjournal.com<\/a><\/p>\n
www.YoungArts.org<\/a><\/p>\n
www.bmj.com<\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"