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Monthly Archives: September 2016
You Are Free To Be A Bad Person
Alexander Technique teacher Jennifer Roig-Francoli writes: When you really grasp the full significance of this, you will come to realize that you are just as free to go in the “wrong” direction (a direction that is unhelpful and causes suffering) as you are to aim in the “right” direction (a direction that is helpful and …
Alexander Technique and Intolerance
Blog: No, I’m not talking here about prejudice. One of the mixed blessings of studying the Alexander Technique is that you lose your tolerance for moods and behaviors that don’t serve you. Yesterday a student of mine reported that she was full of ease after doing the Constructive Rest practice, when her husband called her …
The Use Of The Self
I sense that when I see somebody’s use of themselves, I’m looking at how they talk to themselves. It seems to me that much compression results from a punitive attitude to the self. Does that ring true to you? I rarely find someone with terrible use who’s at ease with himself and I rarely find …
Why Are Alexander Technique Teachers So Insecure?
Robert Rickover writes in vol 2 issue 1 of Direction Journal (I’m highlighting parts of his essay below): London teacher Kri Ackers said: “The thing to remember about Alexander teachers is that we’re all insecure as hell.” Why is this? Alexander’s lack of formal training and his low status origins (Tasmania, Australia). Lack of legal …
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Walking In High Heels
Occasionally I get calls from women wanting Alexander lessons to learn to walk in high heels. We chat a bit and I always suggest that they could reduce the amount of time they wear high heels and thus reduce their risk of injury and pain, and most of the time, they say, oh yes, I …
Breathing Freely
Alexander teacher Carolyn Nicholls tells Robert Rickover: “The more flexible an area, the easier it is to misuse it. I’ve had a lot of pupils who’ve had a sullen ribcage, where the ribcage stays the same shape with the in-breath and the out-breath. It moves up and down in a sullen lump. This movement is …