How are you supposed to read without collapsing forward? Doesn't the book draw you down into it? Is there a way to read without compressing your spine, or holding it rigidly upright? Here in NYC a lot of us spend a good deal of time on the subway. We all seem to be carrying bags, [...]
In Man's Supreme Inheritance by F.M.Alexander, (the 'Alexander' in the Alexander Technique) writes..."a human being functions as a whole and can only be functionally changed as a whole." In my Alexander Technique teaching here in NYC this is illuminated countless times. People get the mistaken impression that their back pain has nothing to do with their neck, their neck pain has nothing to do with their jaw, their hand pain has nothing to do with their overall tension, and their shallow breathing has nothing to do with their job...
Have you noticed the pharmaceutical commercials where the list of potential side effects seems to go on and on? Many of them sound worse than the original condition the drugs are supposed to treat. The Alexander Technique has side effects just like the drugs being advertised on TV. However, these side effects are surprisingly different-- [...]
The Alexander Technique is a way to reduce back pain. It's a way to reduce neck pain. A way to have better posture. It's psychophysical re-education. Reduce stress...reduce anxiety... reduce tension...increase awareness. Help with RSI, TMJ, MS. The Alexander Technique helps you use your body the way it was designed. Alexander Method helps asthmatics and people with Parkinson's. You can use it while at the computer, or putting on make-up, or...
