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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 add some forward head rotation, paying special attention to [...]
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 book? I'll need a cover. I could probably make one [...]
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 to Alexander teachers and students, and they are potentially [...]
Alexander Technique Decisions
You've got no choice with the Alexander Technique Once you know some Alexander Technique, you're not going to want to make major decisions without it. And once you know enough of it you can't. For better or for worse, we decide by imagining what things will be like, or feel like, in the future–two minutes or [...]
