Alexander Technique Is Holistic
In Man's Supreme Inheritance by F.M.Alexander, (the 'Alexander' in the Alexander Technique) writes..."a human being functions as a whole and can only be functionally changed as a whole." In my Alexander Technique teaching here in NYC this is illuminated countless times. People get the mistaken impression that their back pain has nothing to do with their neck, their neck pain has nothing to do with their jaw, their hand pain has nothing to do with their overall tension, and their shallow breathing has nothing to do with their job...
Alexander Technique's Positive Side Effects
Have you noticed the pharmaceutical commercials where the list of potential side effects seems to go on and on? Many of them sound worse than the original condition the drugs are supposed to treat. The [...]
What Is The Alexander Technique? (Part 2)
The Alexander Technique is a way to reduce back pain. It's a way to reduce neck pain. A way to have better posture. It's psychophysical re-education. Reduce stress...reduce anxiety... reduce tension...increase awareness. Help with RSI, TMJ, MS. The Alexander Technique helps you use your body the way it was designed. Alexander Method helps asthmatics and people with Parkinson's. You can use it while at the computer, or putting on make-up, or...
Alexander Technique Instruction for Arms and Hands
How many times do we lift our arms and use our hands throughout the day? Countless times, and every time we lift them we want to utilize principles of the Alexander Technique, and remember [...]
Alexander Technique Help
Although the Alexander Technique is concerned with the use of the self, (the title of one of F.M. Alexander’s books), if there are props around why not use them to help you? Firstly, you [...]
The Alexander Technique And Ergonomics
When a company hires ergonomic specialists, at great expense, they will come into your workplace and make some observations. They will determine whether the furniture is ergonomically sound, and set up properly. For example, they [...]
Looking Up With The Alexander Technique
Looking Up With The Alexander Technique Do you ever notice what you're looking at when you're walking? You might notice that your gaze is down, perhaps five or six feet in front of you. Note [...]
The Alexander Technique And Sitting Down To Write
...either way, the Alexander Technique deals with sitting comfortably. Writing provides us with yet another way to use the Alexander Technique and become aware of our habits. Since most of our writing is done seated, we want to learn to be as easeful as possible in this position, since we often we sit for hours a day. The first thing we might examine is how much tension we have while seated. Are we overly tensed?...
Alexander Technique and Doctors, Dentists, Dental Hygienists, Hairdressers, etc.
Sometimes, when we see dentists, doctors etc., we are put in weird positions and I’m not talking about having to foot the bill. Which reminds me of one more: Podiatrists. The weird position I’m talking [...]
Alexander Technique- New York Times (excerpt)
By Jane Brody It would come as no surprise to teachers of the Alexander technique, a method of adjusting body postures to relieve damaging stresses, to hear that my neck is plagued by perpetual tension, [...]