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Learning the Alexander Technique
Thursday, 11 Jun, 2009 – 3:49 | No Comment
Learning the Alexander Technique

A useful component in learning the Alexander Technique is the idea of oppositions. A few Alexander Technique oppositions include: head and torso opposing each other, arms and torso, legs and torso, sit bones down; torso and head up, shoulders opposing each other and more… We probably aren’t going to learn the Alexander Technique purely through observation but being aware combined with lessons…

Alexander Technique New York Times
Thursday, 4 Jun, 2009 – 3:02 | No Comment
Alexander Technique New York Times

I would recommend any patient try the technique before more invasive interventions; that is, patients with chronic or recurrent functional back pain…Dr. Paul Little, Professor of Primary Care Research.

Alexander Technique NYC Holistic
Thursday, 26 Feb, 2009 – 17:39 | 4 Comments
Alexander Technique NYC Holistic

In Man’s Supreme Inheritance by F.M.Alexander, (the ‘Alexander’ in the Alexander Technique) writes…”a human being functions as a whole and can only be functionally changed as a whole.” In my Alexander Technique teaching here in NYC this is illuminated countless times. People get the mistaken impression that their back pain has nothing to do with their neck, their neck pain has nothing to do with their jaw, their hand pain has nothing to do with their overall tension, and their shallow breathing has nothing to do with their job…