Alexander Technique and Stress
As I was riding the subway on my way to teach some Alexander Technique lessons, an announcement was made over the PA system: Gr Grbrwr Kr gaggar. Sometimes that’s what announcements sound like in the [...]
Alexander Technique-How We Learn Posture
Alexander Technique lessons in New York City, 2009, have a lot in common with the Alexander Technique of the early 1900's. Slumping and slouching are still alive and well...
The Alexander Technique: How To Reduce Stress In A New York Minute
The Alexander Technique teaches us how to reduce our stress in a New York minute. In New York City, or any other large city, less stress is welcome and needed. The Alexander Technique helps by giving us more control over ourselves, but this control is not the rigid kind we usually think of. The Alexander Technique type of control leads towards freedom and the lessening of stress and tension...
Alexander Technique Balance
The Alexander Technique and balance are related on multiple levels. On February 17th, 2008 I was hiking in the woods in upstate New York. There was snow on the ground, the trees were dark and [...]
The Alexander Technique for Stress Reduction
Soft focus. A wider view. The big picture. Draw back. Back off. Hold up. Pause, wait, stop, relax, ease up, chill. Lengthen. Widen. Take a step back and see the whole rather than just the parts. Alexander Technique, especially in NY. Sometimes too much involvement can draw us in, and down, collapsing into ourselves. Too much involvement; too much riding on it. Even our jaw muscles tighten and shorten. Too important, as if it's life or death. It makes us want to lean in, anyway we know how; usually by shrinking, compressing. Breathing shallows. We get tense, and then we stay tense. It happens to us someplace, then anyplace, then everyplace. Some times to almost all the time. Then it becomes "that's the way I am", or, "I'm a tense person"...
Poor Posture Problems & Painful Positions
‘P‘ words seemp to have have an important and prominent place in the Alexander Technique, precisely why there’ll be a pot-pourri of p’s permeating and peppering this perfunctory post. It’s plausible to think the Alexander Technique is about particular positions, poses or appearances but more precisely...
Stop Not Doing The Alexander Technique
"It's not what you do, it's how you do it. The Alexander Technique is the how of how you do anything." Those phrases have been spoken countless times by Alexander Technique teachers at Alexander Technique lessons. The Alexander Technique is the how of everything you do. It's how you sit at the computer, more than just that you're sitting at the computer, that might lead to bad posture, neck pain, back pain, or shoulder pain. As an Alexander Technique teacher I help people sit at the computer, stand, and walk, with more ease and less tension. This results in improved posture, pain relief, and an overall sense of well-being. There is also another angle, however, regarding how you use the Alexander Technique; it's what you don't do...
Alexander Technique In The Cold
It can get pretty cold in New York City, and the Alexander Technique can help; not with the cold, but how we react to the cold. When we’re cold we tend to shorten our spines, though this is usually an unconscious action. We scrunch our necks in an effort to keep warm. It might or might not it keep us warm, but it certainly doesn't help our neck...
Alexander Technique Glossary
Words we use may have a meaning, or even several possible meanings. As importantly, words can have different associations for people. A word such as ‘posture’ can have many meanings for people. With that in [...]
How Not to Improve Posture
The Alexander Technique offers a different kind of posture training, a different kind of posture.You can apply the Alexander Technique to any situation. You can be more easeful, with less tension and compression. You will look like you have better posture...