Prior to Alexander Technique lessons and moving towards an Alexander Technique neck, I had a pain in the neck called a "vibes neck". What's a vibes neck? It's what you do with your neck when you play an instrument called the vibes; you tighten it. The vibes, short for vibraphone, is played with mallets, and [...]
The Alexander Technique and Feldenkrais are related modalities. The Feldenkrais Method is named after its originator, Dr. Moshe Feldenkrais (1904-1984) as the Alexander Technique was named after F.M. Alexander (1869-1955). The Alexander Technique is the older of the two, and Feldenkrais was derived from Alexander. Feldenkrais started in the 1940s when Moshe Feldenkrais hurt his knee and [...]
The Alexander Technique has a unique way of addressing body/mind unity. Although this forward was written significantly before detailed brain imagery and the advances of neuroscience and embodied neuroscience, much of what Aldous Huxley writes here, and what F.M. Alexander wrote, has been shown to be accurate. "Bodily states affect mental states." The Alexander Technique, at a minimum, works with one's bodily states. The Alexander Technique liberates one from "the systematic oppression of his bad habits...
Today I taught an Alexander Technique lesson to a flautist, or a flutist, or a flute player. This musician was experiencing neck pain that he believed was associated with his playing. Every musical instrument has it's unique challenges and the flute is no exception. The Alexander Technique helps deal with the musician's challenges, while improving [...]
