{"id":38731,"date":"2011-12-10T18:03:57","date_gmt":"2011-12-11T02:03:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/lukeford.net\/blog\/?p=38731"},"modified":"2011-12-10T20:05:12","modified_gmt":"2011-12-11T04:05:12","slug":"friday-was-my-graduation-day-at-the-alexander-training-institute-of-los-angeles","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lukeford.net\/blog\/?p=38731","title":{"rendered":"Friday Was My Graduation Day At The Alexander Training Institute Of Los Angeles"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I&#8217;ve studied <A HREF=\"http:\/\/www.atinstitutela.com\/\">here<\/a> for the past three years to learn how to teach Alexander Technique.<\/p>\n<p>During the ceremony Friday, my teacher <A HREF=\"https:\/\/lukeford.net\/blog\/?p=9091\">Michael Frederick<\/a> had me carry three times a brimming cup of water and throw it out to symbolize that the essence of the Technique is performing the tasks of daily life with poise. <\/p>\n<p>The school had shrimp in my honor!<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/lukeford.net\/Images\/photos1\/graduation.jpg\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/lukeford.net\/Images\/photos1\/graduation1.jpg\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/lukeford.net\/Images\/photos1\/graduation2.jpg\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/lukeford.net\/Images\/photos1\/graduation3.jpg\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/lukeford.net\/Images\/photos1\/graduation4.jpg\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p><A HREF=\"http:\/\/www.thealexandertechniqueofsantamonica.com\/\">Julia Caulder<\/a> was my first Alexander teacher.<\/p>\n<p><A HREF=\"http:\/\/www.alexander90210.com\">My new Alexander website.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Robert Rickover: &#8220;Looks like Michael F. whispering the secret mantra, channeled directly from FM Alexander and available only to Certified Teachers of the Alexander Technique, and without which Primary Control cannot possibly be properly activated.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><iframe width=\"420\" height=\"315\" src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/OUn_m48A2-o\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I&#8217;ve studied here for the past three years to learn how to teach Alexander Technique. During the ceremony Friday, my teacher Michael Frederick had me carry three times a brimming cup of water and throw it out to symbolize that &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/lukeford.net\/blog\/?p=38731\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[10268,21],"tags":[19787,31647,28355,28356,19784],"class_list":["post-38731","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-alexander-technique","category-personal","tag-alexander-teacher","tag-alexander-technique","tag-fm-alexander","tag-new-alexander","tag-robert-rickover"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lukeford.net\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/38731","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lukeford.net\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lukeford.net\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lukeford.net\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lukeford.net\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=38731"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/lukeford.net\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/38731\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":38743,"href":"https:\/\/lukeford.net\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/38731\/revisions\/38743"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lukeford.net\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=38731"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lukeford.net\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=38731"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lukeford.net\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=38731"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}