Alan Bowers and Mark Josefsberg. Random
Core and spark. Neck loose, head moving up—Slowly hinge back in the chair using your hip joints as hinges. Think that your legs are moving away from your torso from your hip joints. The further you hinge back, the more your abdominal muscles will engage. You might [...]
An inept fisherman takes the bait
Alexander Technique applied to habitual thinking.
Bookend gaining
Speed-Living What’s the rush? There’s nothing wrong with speed-reading, or speed-walking, or speed-dating for that matter, (where you meet someone for breakfast and break up at brunch.) But everything is getting kind of speedy, so it’s more important than ever to occasionally stop, wake up, slow [...]
My Alexander Technique Book
I want to write a book on the Alexander Technique, but I don't even know how to start. I could start with what I’ve already written, print it out, and organize it in neat piles if my cat allows it. Is that the beginning of a [...]
The Alexander Technique–Embraceable You
Tension While thinking about a future event that may or may not happen, I noticed I was physically bracing. My habit, (along with my unhealthy obsession with porcelain poodles), involves some tightening in my jaw, my neck, and a slight raising of my left shoulder. How about [...]
Alexander Technique Awareness
The Alexander Technique has three main pillars: Awareness, Inhibition, and Direction (AID) Inhibition. Leave a gap-don't react. Listen for the space between the notes. Direction. Alexander Technique directions are unique instructions guiding you towards what you need to do or undo. These verbal cues are known [...]