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Movement & Poise

Self Possession, Freedom and Ease

I believe that many of us have had the experience of being in a conversation or social situation in which we lacked self-possession. When after it was over we thought to ourselves, darn it! Why didn’t I think to say this…or that…. Why didn’t I make this point? I should have said…. So what has […]

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New Eyes

  By Stella Weigel I recently attended the Alexander Technique Workshops International in Tuscany, organized by Michael Frederick.  I had not attended since 2007, the summer after I began my lessons, and I knew this would be an entirely different experience.  The place had not changed (I had even been given the same room), yet everywhere […]

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Articles on Alexander Technique

No Easy Fix: Part III

I’d like to continue my exploration of Dr. R and her back pain (see here and here).  Her problems did not begin over night. She tells her Alexander teacher that in high school her back would get tired frequently, but since the problem would go away, she didn’t bother with it. “But surely, you don’t […]

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