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Alexander Technique- New York Times (excerpt)
Thursday, 15 Jan, 2009 – 2:58 | No Comment
Alexander Technique- New York Times (excerpt)

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 …

Alexander Technique and Stress
Monday, 5 Jan, 2009 – 3:00 | 2 Comments
Alexander Technique and Stress

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 …

Bad Posture
Thursday, 1 Jan, 2009 – 6:21 | No Comment
Bad Posture

There have probably been 5000 articles written with the title ‘Your Mother Was Right’, when it comes to posture. The articles imply that mothers tell their children to ‘sit up straight!’ and that’s a good thing…or is it?

How To Relieve Stress In A New York Minute With The Alexander Technique
Tuesday, 4 Nov, 2008 – 6:01 | One Comment
How To Relieve Stress In A New York Minute With The Alexander Technique

The Alexander Technique teaches us how to reduce our stress in a New York minute. In New York City, or any other large city, less stress is welcome and needed. The Alexander Technique helps by giving us more control over ourselves, but this control is not the rigid kind we usually think of. The Alexander Technique type of control leads towards freedom and the lessening of stress and tension…

Meditation Posture
Friday, 30 Dec, 2005 – 6:36 | 5 Comments
Meditation Posture

Some meditators have told me that one of the challenges to their practice is attempting to sit comfortably for a length of time; whether ten minutes or an hour or more…