{"id":40266,"date":"2012-02-08T15:57:23","date_gmt":"2012-02-08T23:57:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/lukeford.net\/blog\/?p=40266"},"modified":"2012-02-08T15:57:23","modified_gmt":"2012-02-08T23:57:23","slug":"is-life-going-by-too-fast","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lukeford.net\/blog\/?p=40266","title":{"rendered":"Is Life Going By Too Fast?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I have a bad habit of looking at my cell phone every couple of minutes to check for emails and voice messages. <\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s easy to get sucked into destructive habits like this and you lose your life to distractions.<\/p>\n<p>How to stop and get into the present?<\/p>\n<p><A HREF=\"http:\/\/balmain-village-voice.whereilive.com.au\/news\/story\/alexander-technique-the-trick-to-banishing-bad-habits\/\">Report<\/a>: Penelope Carr wants to help fix bad habits.<\/p>\n<p>From her Rozelle clinic she assists sports people, musicians, office workers and nurses reprogram their body using the Alexander Technique.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s a re-education process that teaches you how to unlearn habits,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n<p>The technique increases the awareness of the body through dialogue and gentle manual guidance.<\/p>\n<p>Ms Carr discovered the technique after 15 years working in ceramics.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI was doing heavy labour lifting raw materials and my body was a mess,\u201d Ms Carr said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe technique completely changed my life and now I see people and help them transform their lives.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Anxiety is the biggest problem faced by Ms Carr\u2019s patients.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cPeople are coming to me in their thirties with anxiety problems,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s a huge problem now because everything is going too fast.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I have a bad habit of looking at my cell phone every couple of minutes to check for emails and voice messages. 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