The Alexander Technique can make you uncomfortable. Last week I started to write a post about how change, even change for the better, can feel uncomfortable. The post kind of stalled out for a few days, which felt kind of familiar…and comfortable. Until yesterday. Yesterday I taught my weekly Alexander class. A woman in class made [...]
Relax, but don't make a habit out of it. Make a habit out of relaxing with direction--- and often the direction is up, though... Sometimes parts of you will be going down, or out, left, right, or a w a y; Towards the window, the wall, the floor, the ceiling, or the sky. Sometimes combined. [...]
Our habits are like rubber bands, exerting a constant pull. The deeper the habit, the stronger the pull...
and neither is mine. And, your posture isn't perfect; neither is mine. F.M. Alexander, the originator of the Alexander Technique, didn't "have" perfect posture, or a free neck. We don't "have" a free neck, like we "own" a free neck. If anything, we rent or lease a free neck, with no option to buy. And, [...]
