How are you supposed to read without collapsing forward? Doesn't the book draw you down into it? Is there a way to read without compressing your spine, or holding it rigidly upright? Here in NYC a lot of us spend a good deal of time on the subway. We all seem to be carrying bags, [...]
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...
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 may say that the chairs’ backs are at too great an angle, which they say will cause back pain. They [...]
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 your thought patterns when you are looking down at this steep angle. Maybe you'll notice that you’re worrying about something, [...]
