Alexander Technique NYC Zoom Class
Small group Alexander Technique classes-Sundays from 5-6:30PM and 7-8:30PM. 1133 Broadway, between 25th and 26th streets, room 213 in NYC. Please contact me to reserve your space. Class limited to four. Traditionally, Alexander Technique lessons are taught privately. However, Alexander Technique group classes offer a few advantages... The first advantage of group Alexander lessons is price. The cost for Alexander Technique Saturdays, a very small Alexander Technique class, is $35...
Healing Back Pain And The Alexander Technique
Most Alexander Technique teachers avoid delving deeply into the psychological aspects of back pain and neck pain. As Alexander Technique teachers, we are usually more concerned with how we use ourselves, body and mind. Alexander teachers help their students replace harmful postural habits with beneficial ones, and teach how to use Alexander Technique principles in any circumstance. There are various causes of back pain, neck pain, and shoulder pain, and it stands to reason that negative emotions could be one. Dr. John Sarno, in his book 'Healing Back Pain', indicates that "tension myositis syndrome, or TMS, is the major cause of the common syndromes of pain involving the neck, shoulders, back, buttocks and limbs.
The Alexander Technique Heals Nothing
The premise behind the Alexander Technique’s way of healing back pain or neck pain is not unique, though the method is. The Alexander Technique helps the sufferer stop causing his/her pain, getting to the root [...]
Small group Alexander Technique lessons on Zoom
For those of you who don’t live near an Alexander Technique teacher, Skype Alexander Technique lessons are an excellent alternative. While hands-on Alexander Technique lessons are of course optimal, they are sometimes not possible. Skype Alexander Technique lessons are an alternative to just reading about the Alexander Technique, or watching Alexander Technique videos. During Alexander Technique Skype lessons I will...
The Alexander Technique and Posture
One of the problems of trying to achieve ‘good posture’, or ‘perfect posture’ or even 'correct posture' is that these terms imply rigidity. Some Alexander Technique teachers attempt to avoid the word posture altogether, calling it the ‘P’ word. One could learn to have ‘good posture’ in a few minutes, especially if you think of military posture. Military posture is standing up as straight as possible, with your stomach in, chest out, chin tucked in, shoulders back...
Alexander Technique Teachers In NYC
What kind of person studies to become an Alexander Technique teacher? At first, I believe, it's the same type of person who decides to take a few Alexander Technique lessons, and there's no 'type' of person. To become a certified Alexander Technique teacher, you enter an Alexander Technique training...
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!...
Use the Alexander Technique for recovery
Today, I taught a lesson to a rower. He taught me a bit about rowing, and I helped him apply the Alexander Technique to his rowing, and his life. Rowing is particularly interesting to me, [...]