Dynamic Poise: how directing the mind rationally can replace old somatic habits of guidance Conscious guidance and control of concerted movements: going back to basics This workshop is about working on oneselfThe participants will not be touched or manipulated as the workshop is about working on oneself with conscious (non-sensory) guidance. with [...]
A question of Conception in our practice of Leaning back or forward with the whole torso: Expanding the torso consciously to the best advantage in the general use of the mechanisms "Now the narrowing and arching of the back already referred to are exactly opposite to what is required by nature, and to [...]
A question of Conception: How to coordinate the movements of the different parts of the torso in Bending the Knees to the best advantage "Every moment you have to balance yourself. As you move, you have no hands on you. The only difference you can make is in how you organize yourself from [...]
Q1. Mh. You said "Self-speech is central to both self regulation and self preservation", I don't understand the link between these two. A1. Before explaining the link Alexander described between the two concepts, it is important to start by defining the first one, the less well known of the two [...]
Q1. I've been practicing adjusting my [movements] organization throughout the day and have been experiencing some resulting sensation in my abdomen which feels a little uncomfortable. Is this normal? Maybe I'm just not used to having my abdomen pulled back? A1. Is it normal to feel a little uncomfortable? If your [...]
Q1. In our last lesson you said there was not muscle that could lift the throat that is above it. Couldn't the sternocleidomastoid raise the throat towards [toe] the mastoid process? When I look at my video, the mastoid process is behind the throat so the pull would be up and back, which isn't desirable, [...]
Q1. I seem to have some confusion about the redistribution of weight, momentum, and the ability of tensional forces to prevent me from falling. Here is the current (and apparently faulty) conception I have: If I am standing, and I extend my arms fully forward at a 90 degree angle to [...]
Model based reasoning in the Alexander technique This article arose as an answer to a question (below) of one of my young students. You will quickly see that there is more than just the requested answer as I continue to explain a) the form of reasoning Alexander was endorsing in his books and b) how [...]
To See or not to See, reflexion on pedagogical tools The problem is of changing coordination by creating a new concerted activity, not of refining sensory appreciation If the problem is somatic in origin, therefore it cannot be changed by somatic means. And to those who are advocating individual right and individual endeavour [...]
Learning how to See Webinar 1 ⇒ December 2018 How to find a way of knowing how you are inhibiting and directing? A theoretical and practical webinar workshop Clearly, to "feel" or think I had inhibited the old instinctive reaction was no proof that I had really done so, and I must find [...]
