“A correct position or posture indicates a fixed position, and a person held to a fixed position cannot grow, as we understand growth. The correct position today cannot be the correct position a week later for any person who is advancing in the work of reeducation and coordination.                                                                                                                                                                            F.M. Alexander

 

Doing the Alexander Technique right.

During Alexander Technique lessons, people frequently sit up straight or move their head around and ask: Is this right?” I answer differently in different situations, but the real answer is yes. And no. When it comes to the Alexander Technique right and wrong, good and bad won’t have the same significance we may be used to. Slumping isn’t wrong, once it becomes a choice. We also don’t want to have to rigidly sit up straight with so called good posture’.

Alexander Technique goal.

The goal of Alexander Technique lessons is improvement. We’re not trying to get to a destination; we’re moving forward and up. Don’t worry about ‘getting it’, or ‘doing it right’.

As you move forward, posture improves, back pain subsides, and neck tension lessens.

The British Medical Journal wrote all about the efficacy of the Alexander Technique on it’s front cover in 2008.

Mark Josefsberg-Alexander Technique NYC

Mark@MarkJosefsberg.com

(917) 709-4648