F.M. Alexander (1969-?)
What if F.M. Alexander, the originator of the Alexander Technique, was born in 1969 in New York City, instead of 1869 in Tazmania? What would the Alexander Technique look like today? How would it differ? What can we learn about our habits and beliefs as Alexander Technique teachers and students?
Mark Josefsberg-Alexander Technique NYC In New York Magazine
I was happy to be asked by New York Magazine to write a few sentences about the Alexander Technique. The Alexander Technique was to be included as one of the steps in an article entitled: '50 Steps To Simple Happiness.' New York Magazine wanted me to give a few instructions about the Alexander Technique, and when to 'do' the Alexander Technique. Yikes... When to do the Alexander Technique? When not to do the Alexander Technique would save space! The Alexander Technique isn't something you do at certain times, say from 7 to 8 on Tuesdays and Thursdays. The Alexander Technique is more like...
The Alexander Technique Posture and You
The Alexander Technique is an easeful way to improve posture and reduce your back pain. It involves all of you; from brain to toe. The Alexander Technique helps you improve posture as you loosen your grip, increase your breathing, and boost your mood...
Is The Alexander Technique Covered By Insurance?
Do Alexander Technique Teachers Accept insurance? This question comes up quite frequently with people inquiring about lessons in the Alexander Technique. And why not. One way or the other we pay quite a lot for health insurance. Most health insurance companies here in New York State will not pay for Alexander Technique lessons... If you have back pain or neck pain, health insurance companies will cover doctors who might prescribe painkillers or muscle relaxers, and then refer you to physical therapists. If that doesn’t work the next stop is surgery. While physical therapists can be great for some problems, they are not always the answer.
How Many Alexander Technique Lessons Will I Need?
Asking a prospective teacher 'how many Alexander Technique lessons will I need?' is a fair question. However, if you ask that to a piano teacher, she might answer: "to do what?" Playing chopsticks is one thing; playing a concerto is another. People ask Alexander Technique teachers that question all the time...
Alexander Technique In The Bathroom
Since becoming a full-time Alexander teacher in 2003, I've taught the Alexander Technique in settings including classrooms, libraries, homes, cars, community centers, hospitals, physical therapy offices, health food stores, neurologists offices, music schools, music studios, office cubicles, colleges, Broadway theatres, and gyms. Today I taught the Alexander Technique in a men's room...
Can The Alexander Technique Help With Chronic Back Pain?
Can The Alexander Technique help with Chronic Back Pain Management? Can the Alexander Technique help with chronic back pain management is a question I often hear as an Alexander Technique teacher. Can the Alexander Technique help with chronic back pain management, can the Alexander Technique help with chronic neck pain management, can the Alexander Technique help with chronic low back pain management? My very short answer is yes. The Alexander Technique teaches you a way...
Alexander Technique And Laptops
If desktops go on your desk, then laptops must go on your lap, though desktops on your desk are favorable to a laptop on your lap. While using the Alexander Technique helps greatly, having a computer on your lap puts you in a very challenging position. Your eyes are way up there but the screen...
Alexander Technique Computer Break
...People unfamiliar with an Alexander Technique computer break may take their hands off the computer keyboard, shake them, roll their head around, stretch, only to begin again where they left off. To get out of their computer slump they sit up as straight as possible. When that gets too tiring, which may take a few seconds or a few minutes, they'll go back to their habitual collapse. On and on, slumping, sitting up straight, then slumping again. And slumping wins...
Alexander Technique—The Missing Link
Alexander Technique-The Missing Link Although best known for improving posture and diminishing back pain and neck tension, the Alexander Technique involves changing one's habitual responses. Mind and body are inseparable, and our responses [...]