“I do not claim to have discovered any new method of breathing, but to understand the only true one- Nature’s” – F. M. Alexander Asthma gives a feeling that you cannot inhale air. In reality, the sufferer cannot exhale. But it does not feel that way (unreliable kinesthesia). For asthmatics, the ease of air in […]
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According to Nemours, asthma affects about 1 or 2 kids out of 10, making it the most common chronic disorder in childhood, currently affecting an estimated 7.0 million children under 18 years. While most common in school age kids, asthma can start at any age — even in a little baby or an adult. Over […]
Continue to Full Post...Look up in any dictionary (in any language) the word “posture” and the definition is attitude. That means that if you think you have “bad” posture your attitude about yourself and yourself out in the world could be vastly improved with Alexander Technique lessons. Alexander Technique lessons will help you change deeply within yourself. This […]
Continue to Full Post...We all get stressed. And often, it seems as though this stress is imposed on us from the outside. But the Alexander Technique helps us see that this is not the case. Stress is really not something outside ourselves. It actually is all about how we are reacting to conditions, whether the conditions are created […]
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By Stella Weigel In Thinking Aloud [Mornum Time Press, 1994] Walter Carrington describes what was probably the last lesson between Alexander and an old lady who had been a pupil of his for some years. At the end of the lesson, Alexander “patted her on the shoulder and said, “Now, my dear, see that […]
Continue to Full Post...Many people come to the Alexander Technique because of lower back pain. It’s not surprising. Our lives have become very sedentary and most of us will spend many hours a day in service related jobs sitting at desks looking at computers. Working pain free in our stressful world is becoming very difficult. According to the […]
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