Monthly Archives: February 2012

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The Alexander Technique Oasis

Alexander Technique Oasis Alexander Technique teachers are particularly aware of the degree to which human communication is reduced to computers, tablets, and cell phones. Face to face interaction, not to mention touch, is becoming more infrequent. We are living in a non-tactile world. Electronics, and various gadgets dominate. Even book stores and record stores are [...]

The Alexander Technique In Your Life

Alexander Technique and the Golden Thread.   The Alexander Technique has been described as a golden thread that runs through your life. After a bit, the Alexander Technique becomes a part of you. My student and I were discussing ways in which she could more fully integrate the Alexander Technique into her life. We Alexander [...]

Alexander Technique and Back Pain Relief

...the Alexander Method, however, works differently. Though with Alexander Technique lessons back pain relief is sometimes quickly and dramatically gained, Alexander's simple method gets more to the root of the back pain. And the root of the problem, quite often, is us. Back pain (and neck pain) is exacerbated by compressing our spines all day and all night long. We slump at out computers (like now?)...

The Alexander Technique-Subtraction, Not Addition

In an Alexander Technique lesson I taught today, my student began by telling me her neck pain felt a little worse this week. When I inquired about it she told me that the physical therapist she'd been seeing added a new exercise for her neck, and it hurt her. Unfortunately, as an Alexander Technique teacher, I hear this story quite a lot. I told her that in my opinion she needs to subtract some things she's doing rather than adding to it...

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