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Alexander Technique teacher judgments

By | May 16th, 2011|Categories: Alexander Technique Posts|Tags: |

"Real knowledge is to know the extent of one's ignorance"~Confucius   The Alexander Technique and drugs.    Alexander Technique students and trainees hold Alexander teachers to a high standard, and a certain standard about getting [...]

Alexander Technique-Walk This Way

By | May 11th, 2011|Categories: Alexander Technique Posts|Tags: |

Please Release Me.   Alexander Technique core directions include letting your neck muscles release, so that your head will go up, with a slight forward rotation. Take that step before you take a step. Freeing your [...]

Alexander Technique Neck

By | May 3rd, 2011|Categories: Back Pain Relief|Tags: |

Prior to Alexander Technique lessons and moving towards an Alexander Technique neck, I had a pain in the neck called a "vibes neck". What's a vibes neck? It's what you do with your neck when [...]

The Alexander Technique Vs. Feldenkrais

By | April 26th, 2011|Categories: Alexander Technique Posts|Tags: , |

The Alexander Technique and Feldenkrais are related modalities. The Feldenkrais Method is named after its originator, Dr. Moshe Feldenkrais (1904-1984) as the Alexander Technique was named after F.M. Alexander (1869-1955). The Alexander Technique is the older of [...]

The Alexander Technique, Freedom, And Happiness

By | April 24th, 2011|Categories: Alexander Technique Posts|Tags: , , , |

The Alexander Technique has a unique way of addressing body/mind unity. Although this forward was written significantly before detailed brain imagery and the advances of neuroscience and embodied neuroscience, much of what Aldous Huxley writes here, and what F.M. Alexander wrote, has been shown to be accurate. "Bodily states affect mental states." The Alexander Technique, at a minimum, works with one's bodily states. The Alexander Technique liberates one from "the systematic oppression of his bad habits...

The Alexander Technique And The Flute

By | April 20th, 2011|Categories: Alexander Technique Posts|Tags: , , , , |

Today I taught an Alexander Technique lesson to a flautist, or a flutist, or a flute player. This musician was experiencing neck pain that he believed was associated with his playing. Every musical instrument has [...]

How Is The Alexander Technique Used For Lower Back Pain?

By | April 1st, 2011|Categories: Back Pain Relief|Tags: , , |

Three main reasons people seek out Alexander Technique instruction are: 1.To learn how to use the Alexander Technique for lower back pain. 2.To learn how to use to use the Alexander Technique for neck and shoulder pain. 3. To learn how to use the Alexander Technique for posture training. The Alexander Technique is used to help the lower back decompress. It is as if the Alexander Technique is being used as traction for the lower back, giving the discs and nerves more room... Use the Alexander Technique for lower back pain anywhere, anytime, including right now!

Alexander Technique News! Featured On NPR

By | March 29th, 2011|Categories: Alexander Technique Posts|

"We look at what you are doing that causes that problem in the first place, so how you sit at the computer or how you pick up you child or what you do when you're driving," says Gray. "I look at ways of changing your postural habits so you don't get into pain." These aren't static postures, though. Those who promote the technique say its more about how you move...

Meditation Posture—Alexander Technique

By | March 24th, 2011|Categories: Better Posture|Tags: |

When speaking of awareness, in Alexander Technique terms, we commonly speak about the body side of the mind/body continuum. Your body is most available for observation and change. And, the body tells the truth. Meditators often [...]

The Alexander Technique is dead—Long live the Alexander Technique

By | March 16th, 2011|Categories: Alexander Technique Posts|

The Alexander Technique will never die. The Alexander Technique never lived. F.M. Alexander (the originator of the Alexander Technique,) lived from 1869-1955. Alexander’s discoveries regarding awareness, inhibition, and direction are alive and are as valuable [...]