June 2011
Alexander Technique News
Beyond the Pill: Physicians' Trend for 2013 -By Dr. Loren Fishman Medical Director of Manhattan Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation in New York City. Huffington Post- January 9th, 2013 (Scroll towards the bottom to read Dr. [...]
The Alexander Technique and Life Coaching
The Alexander Technique-Life Coaching for the body; Life Coaching-The Alexander Technique for the mind? Coaching helps people break through their self-imposed shell, develop awareness of their mental habits, and make useful changes from the inside [...]
How to Correct Sitting Posture
How can the Alexander Technique correct sitting posture? Let’s start with some Alexander Technique directions. We’ll start with ‘free your neck’. See if you can let go of some excess, unnecessary tension in your neck. Correct sitting posture starts with releasing these shortened muscles so that they can lengthen, letting your head move up so that you get taller. Let your head rotate slightly forward (lower your nose) and let the crown of your head move up...
The Alexander Technique and the Vocal Fry
The Alexander Technique and that Vocal Fry Sound. My friend and colleague, Alan Bowers, brought my attention to an article about the popular phenomenon called “vocal fry”. It has particular relevance to Alexander Technique [...]
May 2011
Alexander Technique Inhibition
The Alexander Technique and habits of thought. You may find yourself playing out some crazy future scenario that may or may not happen. You may find yourself criticizing yourself in a way you’d never [...]
The Alexander Technique and I.
In order to re-create the experience of walking in F.M. Alexander's highly-polished tasseled shoes, I decided to get pharyngitis last week. It might have been laryngitis; I'm not sure. But it was definitely some sort [...]