Every post in this site is related to the Alexander Technique. These posts don’t fit into any other specific category.
Alexander Technique Bodywork
“Stand up straight!” “Pull your shoulders back!” As children, we were told to have good posture. Yet we were seldom taught effective ways to accomplish this. Indeed, we were often not even told just what “good posture” is. The consequences of this information gap can be seen all around us: stiff necks, shoulders hunched forward or pulled tightly back, restricted breathing, and tightness in the thighs, legs and ankles. Backaches, headaches, and other painful symptoms are often the unfortunate result...
Alexander Technique Audio
This short Alexander Technique post contains two MP3's. Both are audio interviews of myself conducted by Alexander Technique teacher Robert Rickover. The first interview concerns my Alexander Technique teaching; why I became an Alexander Technique student and subsequently an Alexander Technique teacher here in New York City. The second interview is geared more for Alexander Technique teachers, as we discuss the Alexander Technique and Alexander Technique teachers' use of the web. This interview calls on my expertise regarding websites. I think it's an interesting interview because I have no expertise regarding websites!...
With the Alexander Technique, the eyes have it
Take a moment as you're reading this to stop, and look up with your eyes only. Then look straight ahead again. Do this a few times. You may notice that there is an ever-so-slight tensing of your neck, or the muscles in the back of your head as you move your eyes in their sockets. [...]
Alexander Technique Lessons In Stopping
Sometimes in the early stages of Alexander Technique lessons, I might ask a student to ‘do nothing’ while they're lying on the massage table, or to 'let go' as I move their arm...I'm asking the Alexander Technique student (we're all Alexander Technique students) to inhibit. This isn't inhibition as in suppressing; it more has to do with stopping your initial response giving you a chance to do something in a new, conscious, beneficial way...
