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Using the Alexander Technique for Loss

Constructive Conscious Control of the Individual. When learning the Alexander Technique we commonly hear about control. F. M. Alexander, the developer of the Alexander Technique, wrote about Constructive Conscious Control of the Individual. He stressed the importance of primary control (the head, neck, back relationship.) He spoke of conscious guidance and control. Yet at one [...]

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 [...]

Happier Holidays

Can the Alexander Technique and Alexander Technique lessons help us with the stress of the holidays, 2011 style? Absolutely, especially when we remember that the stress isn't the problem. The real problem is how we handle the stress, and the manifestations of the stress. Stress has symptoms. Our body tells us we're stressed because our breathing gets shallow, our hearts race and our muscles contract. We tighten our necks, bringing our head back and down which could be a result of our habitual startle response...

End-gaining becomes End-losing

The Alexander Technique end-gaining is gaining your end without regard to how you gain your end; how you reach your goal, how you do everything, to achieve anything. We think of what, but ignore how. We leave the present moment, and try to loft ourselves towards the end, skipping over time. Many of us do [...]

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