Introduction: It is easier to teach if you understand the words you are using Part 1 of the chapter "Notes and Instances" in Man's supreme inheritance, F.M. Alexander's first book, is dedicated to the chapter titled: "What is the correct standing position, and the position of mechanical advantage ?" [...]
to download this article as a PDF: https://www.dropbox.com/s/tlzs0j0ov12las1/You%20asked%20me%20to%20practice%20pulling%20the%20belly%20in%20while%20inhaling%20even%20though%20FM%20says%20not%20to%20do%20this%E2%80%A6%C2%A720200227154608.pdf?dl=0 Could you provide the excerpt where F.M. Alexander writes about not increasing the abdominal pressure or about not drawing the abdomen in while inhaling? I have found no evidence whatsoever about such interdiction. In your question you say that F.M. Alexander said not to do [...]
The Model we Use Download the Pdf: The Model we Use Recently, on the private forum managed by my students, C. proposed to study statistically how badly F.M. Alexander was employing his technique on all the photographs that show him in the gestures of everyday life. I said that I was not [...]
Download to read the PDF 1. Working to principle when faced with the unusual and the unexpected This paper aims to show how "conscious control", that is, control by guiding our mind with a series of verbal & rational instructions makes it possible to meet the requirement of a [...]
This series of questions was asked via email, after a third lesson, by a new pupil who is not a teacher (nor a student of a training center) of the modern Alexander technique. You could say he is a "lay person", a person who does not have specialised or professional knowledge in the subject. [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
