by admin | Apr 23, 2020 | Alexander Technique, Awareness, Blog, Power walk, Self care, Technologies of the self, Walking
Power your walk. Lead with your lower dantian and let your eyes look toward your goal or an intermediate point. Let your eyes drift down to guide your step, but just the eyes, not your head ,as your back stays...
by admin | Apr 19, 2020 | Blog
Have a nascent knee problem? Make sure you’re not “favoring” the knee. In doing so, you weaken the entire column and end up making the knee do work it’s not supposed to be doing. Rather, make sure your mighty thigh and femur (the largest bone...
by admin | Apr 15, 2020 | Blog, Mindfulness, Power walk, Walking
When you’re walking uphill, no matter how far, no matter how steep, let your back know the foot of the hill. Your pace and progress will change. Take...
by admin | Mar 15, 2020 | Alexander Technique, Blog, Breath, Mindfulness
If your goal is to open, to live centrifugally rather than centripetally, you can do that only insomuch as you welcome all the data of your environment, your room, the individuals in it, the yards, lakes, seas, and stars beyond. Breathe it all in and let your ankles,...
by admin | Mar 5, 2020 | Alexander Technique, Attention, Awareness, Blog, Technologies of the self, Walking
Walking the great dog yesterday, I began to imagine that just under my sternum, I was pushing the handle of a pram, translation, perambulator, translation, baby carriage, in front of me, not with my hands, but with my torso. My back woke up. I felt an imagined...
by admin | Mar 4, 2020 | Alexander Technique, Awareness, Blog, Posture
Posture is the body’s real time adaptation to its environment, both mental and physical.So understood, posture is the metier of Alexander Technique. Your posture is telling your story in real time. The Alexander Technique insists: You have the authority to...
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