Alexander Technique Exercises
Alexander Technique Exercises Don't just do something, sit there. Alexander Technique exercises are almost anti-exercises, because Alexander Technique exercises reduce tension, rather than increase it. Reducing extra muscular effort is the exercise. For instance, notice any tension in [...]
Get Uncomfortable with the Alexander Technique.
The Alexander Technique can make you uncomfortable. Last week I started to write a post about how change, even change for the better, can feel uncomfortable. The post kind of stalled out for a few days, [...]
Alexander Technique Relaxation
Relax, but don't make a habit out of it. Make a habit out of relaxing with direction--- and often the direction is up, though... Sometimes parts of you will be going down, or out, left, [...]
Alexander Technique and Rubber Bands
Our habits are like rubber bands, exerting a constant pull. The deeper the habit, the stronger the pull...
Your neck isn’t free
and neither is mine. And, your posture isn't perfect; neither is mine. F.M. Alexander, the originator of the Alexander Technique, didn't "have" perfect posture, or a free neck. We don't "have" a free neck, like [...]
Alexander Technique Helps Loosen Your Grip
Alexander Technique and Gripping Let go with the Alexander Technique. The Alexander Technique helps us become aware of muscular tension, that sometimes takes the form of gripping. We grip with our fingers. We [...]
Alexander Technique Computer Posture
Alexander Technique teachers instruct, demonstrate, and coach people how to use the computer without injury. If people are in pain we teach them how to stop injuring themselves, and the steps to take to allow the body to heal. Let's try something right now. See if you can notice any tension in your neck. It's there, though you may not be able to sense it right away. You can learn to let these muscles go. If you release your neck muscles, your head will rotate forward, and move up. You could think this way: I want my neck to be free so that my head will move forward and up. This 'forward' business doesn't mean forward as in your face moving towards the screen...
Alexander Technique Inhibition-Just Say Yes.
Just Say No to Inhibition. Inhibition: A feeling that makes one self-conscious and unable to act in a relaxed and natural way. Shyness, reticence, self-consciousness, reserve, diffidence; wariness, hesitancy, hesitation, insecurity; timidity; repression, reservation; [...]
The Alexander Technique-images, observations, connections
Listening, observing, and connecting Alexander Technique practice can be enhanced by listening, observing, and making connections to non-Alexander Technique sources including frogs, football players, dolphins, wind, and waves. Cats inhibit, football players [...]
How To Use The Alexander Technique For Traveling
One of the many useful aspects of the Alexander Technique is its portability. The Alexander Technique is a tool you use anywhere, at any time. So when traveling, you can take the Alexander Technique with you. Think of it as a carry-on. You can't really use chiropractic, acupuncture, or physical therapy as you use the Alexander Technique. For each of those methods, and so many more, one goes to the practitioner for treatment. The Alexander Technique stays with you, and moves with you. You own the Alexander Technique, therefore the Alexander Technique makes for a perfect traveling companion. When we are traveling we are usually seated, and often the sitting situation is not optimal. We are cramped into buses, planes, trains, or cars...