Alexander Technique: Learning to defer reflex habituated responses, and supplanting them with conscious choices arrived at via reasoned processes. Then repeat. #AlexanderTechnique
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Alexander Technique assists in the acquisition of skill & the honing of method. Retune, recalibrate, then start all over again. Be an lifelong student, of yourself. #AlexanderTechnique
Alexander Technique assists in the acquisition of skill & the honing of method. Retune, recalibrate, then start all over again. Be an lifelong student, of yourself. #AlexanderTechnique
"Pull your shoulders back" is terrible advice. Arms & hands are better deployed from a wide, released frame.
Alexander Technique lessons involve the abandonment of what movement "should feel like". Sensation can be so misleading.
Alexander Technique Fundamental No 1:
Use Affects Functioning.
How you utilise the entire framework that is you, influences outcomes.
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"Slow is smooth and smooth is fast."
An Alexander technique teacher I used to work with in New York taught me this. She learned it from working with Navy Seals, who received this mantra as part of their training.
It's a piece of wisdom I'm continually forgetting and needing.
Alexander Technique is immensely practical. John Dewey stated it was "scientific in the strictest sense of the word" & "satisfies the most exacting demands of scientific method". It stands up to scrutiny.
There is no muscle memory in Alexander Technique. That moment? It's gone. But don't fret, there'll be another along, in a moment.
Alexander Technique. Stopping the interference, effortlessly resisting habitual reflex responses to the onslaught of modern living.
In the Alexander Technique, we do not accept deterioration as the default setting for humans. Good Use of the Self promotes continued efficiency. #AlexanderTechnique
The Alexander Technique, the acquisition of skill, learning how to learn. Who do you trust?
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Alexander Technique directions emanate to others. People can see them, but they don't necessarily know what they're looking at.





