I like this post very much. It relates directly to what I was reading in Universal Constant in Living just yesterday: “knowledge of the self is fundamental to all other knowledge.”

The Alexander Technique is so important because it gives us the tools to be able to know and use ourselves in such a way that we can most effectively approach other fields of knowledge.

Thank you!

The Alexander Technique applies to any activity I’d like to learn, improve or get past - such as those annoying plateau effects, (where you can’t improve, no matter how hard you try or how much you practice.) Strangely enough, Alexander Technique also even affects “mental” activities - such as creative problem solving, idea production & creative examples to illustrate physics theories! (Ask Stacy Gehman, or Barbara Sher - who’s amazed at how many ideas I can continue to come up with when everyone else has run out.)

I like to think of the observation ability of Alexander Technique teachers as getting a private gait lab…or gaining an incredibly perceptive coach…or even a secret weapon against the coercion of my buried routines I have forgotten I trained myself to repeat.

Thanks for writing a fun blog!