"I have tried everything else"
Once a student came to me and she was struggling with back pain. She said, I don't understand what's wrong since I work really hard on my posture. She worked by day as a counselor and was either at a desk taking notes on a computer, or seated in an armchair with a client. For fun she'd go on long hikes with her dogs, she loved being outdoors. But she associated sitting still with back pain. She told me she tried yoga and physical therapy, massage and acupuncture but tha
Constructive Rest
In between lessons with a teacher, it is very useful to keep up with the practice on your own. You can remind yourself of what you learned by refreshing the thoughts that helped bring your system into balance. It's not the same experience as working with hands-on guidance but it does make the lessons more effective and students tend to progress more quickly. Self-practice of Alexander Technique looks at various procedures and very simple activities. These are not consider
The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F*ck
Catchy title. I picked this book up at my local library this week. It has been out for a little while so though not new, it is new to me and its wisdom is worth sharing. Especially if you're the type of person who bristles at ideas of self-help or thinks mind-body unity is an esoteric concept. The full title is The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F*ck: A Counterintuitive Approach to Living a Good Life. The author Mark Manson has become a prolific blogger continuing to investigat
Information vs Experience
We are living in the information age. Since the advent of the internet we have gained access to a virtually infinite trove of information, and with smartphones becoming ubiquitous we have access to this information nearly all the time. As a result, we’re using our own skills of retention and recall much less. Pretty much everyone over 30 remembers having to retain information- and realizes how quickly that skill is fading- in a generation or two we’ll become more and more d
