Mark Josefsberg

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About Mark Josefsberg

Mark has maintained a full-time Alexander Technique teaching practice in New York City and online since his national certification in 2003. He teaches online group classes and private lessons. Mark is a former faculty member of The American Center for the Alexander Technique (ACAT). Schedule a zoom class with Mark to see what the Alexander Technique can do for you. Click on SCHEDULING.

Alexander Technique Computer Posture

One area people ask me about most concerns computer posture. We tend to collapse down in front, poking our necks, faces and upper chest towards the screen. Sound familiar? Feel familiar? How about right now?... What we want is for our necks to be free of excess tension, so that our head can move up. Tension shortens our neck, bringing the head back and down. We want the head to move forward (rotationally) and up. A simple way to achieve this forward rotation is to slightly, slowly lower your nose, while the crown of your head moves up. At the same time...

Alexander Technique Books

Here are a few of my favorite Alexander Technique related books, in no particular order:

Alexander Technique Posture Exercises

Is the Alexander Technique a 'series of posture exercises?' Yes! And no. What might be implied with the word 'series' is that there are exercises one does in a certain order, and they're the same for everybody... however, exercise doesn't always mean working out or lifting weights...One of the big difference between many of these Alexander Tech posture exercises and what we might usually think of as exercise is that that you don't have to spend any extra time 'doing' the Alexander Technique. You incorporate...

Learning the Alexander Technique Oppositions

A useful component in learning the Alexander Technique is the idea of oppositions. A few Alexander Technique oppositions include: head and torso opposing each other, arms and torso, legs and torso, sit bones down; torso and head up, shoulders opposing each other and more... We probably aren't going to learn the Alexander Technique purely through observation but being aware combined with lessons...

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