Category Archives: Alexander Technique
How Endgaining Can Wreck Your…Self
The article “How Yoga Can Wreck Your Body” caused serious outrage among the yoga community last month. Criticism of the article was relentless, and I won’t rehash critiques or defenses here; a Google search will yield more than enough. My … Continue reading
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Use Affects Functioning: An Illustration
I was delighted last week to read this article from The Irish Times, in which a medical doctor asks for greater awareness of the Alexander Technique in the fields of medicine and education. Ear, nose and throat surgeon Kieran Tobin … Continue reading
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Wordless But Not Quiet
This TED talk spans the unlikely topics of molecular physics, bad PowerPoint presentations, US funding for the arts (or lack thereof), and even incorporates an indictment of US healthcare. There are lots of points to argue here, not the least … Continue reading
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“My Sources Say No”
This post was titled by my new magic eight ball app. Sometimes pupils are late, or don’t show up for their lesson. Here is what I do when this happens: Have … Continue reading
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Freedom of Thought and Action
Here is another definition of the Alexander Technique: a means of regaining freedom of thought and action. In light of the ongoing dialogue about internet freedom and today’s web black-out protests of SOPA and PIPA, I offer this quotation from … Continue reading
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…Without Losing Stature…
“…Without losing stature” has become my new catch-phrase with students. While it’s just another way of saying “think not to pull down,” somehow the concept of stature – a spatial idea, and something that we could measure – seems particularly … Continue reading
The Alexander Technique in the Huffington Post
When Oprah’s “O” Magazine mentioned the Alexander technique, we thought that surely our phones would begin ringing off the hook. They didn’t. Will a mention of the Technique in the Huffington Post cause mass enthusiasm? Time will tell. The article … Continue reading
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