Alexander Technique
I’m listening to this Robert Rickover podcast interview with Alexander Technique teacher Amira Glaser. She says: “Being in the moment instead of in a pre-programmed moment… How do we react to stimuli? Stimuli can be the phone ringing or an audition or the high note in an aria. Anything we might have a reaction to.” …
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“Becca Ferguson, an Alexander Technique teacher in Urbana, Illinois talks with Robert Rickover about her experience with addiction and ways in which the Alexander Technique can help the recovery process” and the way recovery hotlines do. Becca: “The Alexander Technique is a unique body-mind practice for improved performance in all of our activities and for …
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When I step into a 12-step meeting, it’s easy to spot who’s in the throes of addiction and who’s in recovery. People in recovery are buoyant while those in addiction are compressed, collapsed and depressed. While listening to the following 12-step lecture on making a complete moral inventory, I was interested to hear the work …
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The lead (Lena Dunham) says her gay ex-boyfriend Elijah is “getting certified in Alexander Technique, which is the gayest thing I’ve heard in my entire life.” Blog Home
In early 1985, I had the cleaning and gardening contract at the Boyne Island Shopping Centre in Queensland, Australia. I was 18. One afternoon, I was watching the local news and lifting buckets of bricks to try to build myself up. I’m always going on these self-help kicks. I thought this weight lifting would give …
I have the worst confession for an Alexander Technique teacher — there have been many days over the past few weeks where I’ve had no will to go up (meaning to give myself the upward thinking direction that allows for freer movement). I’ve just been hunkering down. I say to myself, I should think up, …
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I just had a conversation on Facebook with an opera singer who regarded the Alexander Technique as a cult. Emma Stace Darling luke. i went to an alexander person once….they said relax and i did. they said. my god i have never known anyone who can turn on and off that quickly and completely.19 minutes …
I often hear sportscasters talk about some athlete having his game face on. It means a look of concentration. What does concentration look like? To most people, it means a degree of extra tension in the face. If your face is not free to react freely to the moment, then your options have narrowed, your …
In the last three years, I’ve noticed that one topic has led to the most heated exchanges in the Alexander Technique world I know — teaching via Skype. That I thought this was OK was a major factor in the loss of several of my relationships with other Alexander teachers. Bringing up this topic might …
Veteran teacher Robert Rickover tells fellow teacher Mark Josefberg: “The Alexander Technique is simple but not necessarily easy. There are some classic traps some students encounter.” “The most classic trap is to try to recreate [the great feelings you get during a lesson]. The teacher helps you. You have this feeling of lightness. You try …
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