Alexander Technique
I’ve only met one group of people who have bad things to say about the Alexander Technique — some chiropractors. And they’re reacting to the bad things many Alexander teachers say about them. Other than that, everybody I’ve met who knows about the Technique and has experienced it regards it with great respect. It’s cool …
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Most of us just want to be fixed. We want other people to solve our problems. We don’t want to work on ourselves. If you’re addicted to shopping or eating or sexing or movies to escape from your inner pain, then you are your problem in that respect. Until you stop fleeing from your pain …
All of us adults have debauched kinaesthesia (a favorite phrase of the Alexander Technique to indicate a faulty kinaesthetic sense). Through paying attention to your habits and letting go of ones that hurt you (such as unnecessary tightening and compression), you can develop an increasingly accurate kinaesthetic sense. It’s rare to unheard of to find …
After a car accident at age 19, Lauren Hill developed chronic pain in her neck, shoulder and back. She went to the doctor and got some tests. She searched for somebody to fix her pain problem. She went through physical therapy, chiropractic, massage, acupuncture, acupressure and the like. Nothing helped long-term. Six years later, Lauren’s …
It is very tempting as a new Alexander Technique teacher to offer your friends free lessons because you just love teaching so much. It rarely works out. Alexander Technique demands a lot from the student and somebody taking a free lesson is unlikely to do the work necessary. It’s not just that people will show …
I’m listening to a great interview by Robert Rickover with dentist and Alexander Technique teacher Martin Goldman of the San Francisco Bay Area. This interview will be of interest to anyone who has to work in odd positions doing precise work. Martin: “The Alexander Technique is a 100-year old method for streamlining how you perform …
Laura Klein is an Alexander Technique teacher and professional jazz musician in Berkeley, California. Laura tells Robert Rickover: “In a way, musicians and singers are athletes. We don’t think of ourselves as athletes, but we are athletes of small movements. We need optimal coordination. If you are doing something that is even a little bit …
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Even though I keep telling my students I am not a therapist, some of them use me in that way. As we work with Alexander Technique, they find themselves releasing unneeded tension and at the same time releasing emotions. The two work well together. Emotional release tends to lead to tension release and vice versa. …
I’ve never done any kind of illegal drug. I’ve never smoked marijuana. I’ve never felt tempted to indulge this way. I’ve never led a dissolute life. While I’ve hung out with dissolute people at times, I’ve not participated in that life. When I took up the Alexander Technique, I learned a term called “debauched kinaesthesia.” …
Thinking about writing on this topic, I Googled “Alexander Technique and beauty” the other day and found no consequential results. Nobody that I can find has written on this topic. Call me shallow, but I not only prefer to look at beautiful people rather than ugly people, I much prefer to be around beautiful people …