The international Alexander teaching community is very excited about this new animation! Click on the link: How does the Alexander Technique work? Towards a scientific model. For the first time, drawing on direct studies of the Alexander Technique and other … Continue reading →
An insider joke in my house comes from an old New Yorker cartoon, in which a man has just arrived home from work and is fumbling with his overcoat. Clearly aggrieved, he says to his wife, “What a day! First, … Continue reading →
We’ve had fun in our AT Spark Zoom classes lately applying AT skills to mask wearing! None of us can avoid having to don ’em these days, so why not embrace the task as the splendid opportunity it is? We … Continue reading →
Alexander teachers are accustomed to giving and receiving huge amounts of subtle information through our hands. In a time when we can’t be near each other, I decided to embrace the new terrain of online teaching by offering classes and … Continue reading →
I write this as the Covid-19 virus wave is spreading, with all its attendant discombobulation. On the practical level, we can plug in sensible precautions, such as the most effective way to wash your hands. See also “How not to touch your … Continue reading →
When I describe breathing coordination, lots of students say, “huh, that’s the opposite of what I guessed!” And it’s perfectly understandable, based on what we see happening in others and what we feel in ourselves.“Don’t I rise a bit when … Continue reading →
As some of my students know, I took a workshop this summer on How to Walk in High Heels with Alexandrian poise! I would have had precisely zero interest in such a thing — I hate high heels — until a … Continue reading →
