Article Archive for January 2009
Alexander Technique Balance and Poise
The Alexander Technique and balance are related on multiple levels.
On February 17th, 2008 I was hiking in the woods in upstate New York. There was snow on the ground, the trees …
Although the Alexander Technique is concerned with the use of the self, (the title of one of F.M. Alexander’s books) if there are props around why not use them to help you? Firstly, you …
When a company hires ergonomic specialists, they will come into your workplace and make some observations. They will determine whether the furniture is ergonomically sound, and set up properly.
For example, they may say that the …
Looking Up With The Alexander Technique
Do you ever notice what you look at when you’re walking?
You might notice that your gaze is down, perhaps five or six feet in front of you. It’s interesting to …
…either way, the Alexander Technique deals with sitting comfortably. Writing provides us with yet another way to use the Alexander Technique and become aware of our habits. Since most of our writing is done seated, we want to learn to be as easeful as possible in this position, since we often we sit for hours a day.
The first thing we might examine is how much tension we have while seated. Are we overly tensed?…
One of the most painful positions for a person with low back pain is to be seated. We all tend to slump; putting ourselves in a ‘C curve’. Often times when we’re not slumping we’re sitting up rigidly straight with the idea of ‘good posture’. Neither of these positions…
Sometimes when we go we go these people we are put in weird positions, and I’m not talking about having to foot the bill.
Which reminds me of one more: Podiatrists. The weird position I’m talking …
It would come as no surprise to teachers of the Alexander technique, a method of adjusting body postures to relieve damaging stresses, to hear that my neck is plagued by perpetual tension, occasional pain and …
Here is another study showing how effective the Alexander Technique is for back pain. The article’s name says it all: long-term relief. The Alexander Technique provides a long-term solution for back pain because it changes …
As I was riding the subway on my way to teach some Alexander Technique lessons, an announcement was made over the PA system: Gr Grbrwr Kr gaggar. Sometimes that’s what announcements sound like in the …
