“There is an ideal of excellence for any particular craft or occupation; similarly there must be an excellence that we can achieve as human beings. That is, we can live our lives as a whole in such a way that they can be judged not just as excellent in this respect or in that occupation, […]
Continue to Full Post...By Stella Weigel I am small in physical build and height. I have been the smallest student in my school throughout my three years of Alexander teacher training. But until very recently, I had not considered how much my body image, perhaps thinking of myself as “small” had conditioned my habits of use and had […]
Continue to Full Post...“Facing a thing that puts you wrong, and dealing with it differently.” This was what F. M. Alexander said his work was fundamentally all about. Imagine a person who flies into uncontrolled fits of rage whenever things go badly for him. Because he is habit-bound in his reaction, he will tend to bring about situations […]
Continue to Full Post...In F.M. Alexander’s last book, The Universal Constant in Living, there is a chapter entitled “Stupidity in Living.” This title has always amused me as it gets directly to the issue we face as a species, worldwide. Stupidity in living sums it all up. Alexander makes a very cogent argument as to why he sees things […]
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