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The neck – How much, or how little, should we think about it?
An AT teacher asked following question:The neck has a central role in the Alexander Technique. How much, or how little, should we think about it? This is my answer. From the perspective of what the AT actually is, in my view, AT is about... -
Can ‘Directions’ be new habits?
Some clients ask, "By learning the AT, will I be able to use my body better even unconsciously?" So, they are asking whether 'Directions' in the AT lesson can be new habits or not. To this, I respond as follows:"It’s possible that you ma... -
How we can move like children
During our childhood, we learn many ways of using our body through non-declarative way of learning. As a result, when we become adults and try to correct unfavorable patterns of movement that we've learned, it becomes challenging because... -
Does the right thing do itself?
【Doubts about "the right thing does itself"】 In the Alexander Technique, there is the idea "the right thing does itself". Because of this idea, the ideal state can be achieved through "non-doing" process. However, I have doubts about w... -
Shouldn’t we try to gain end?
【"End-gaining" idea in the Alexander technique】 I made my comments in a post of a facebook group about "end-gaining". A person solved his/her problem of making excess tension in playing a violin. He/she made excess tension even when he... -
The suboccipital muscles, a point of leverage?
There is discussion in the facebook group, Alexander Technique Global, about the suboccipital muscles, whether they function like a point of leverage or not. It means that if the suboccipial muscles are somewhat released, we are able to ... -
What makes the head up?
【An image of "the head up"】 If we pull a rope (right in the above diagram), the top of a pole moves up in rotation. Our head moves up like this kind of scheme. "Up" is generated by mainly the muscles in the back, working together with ... -
Chosen movement may not be the best one
There are many movement solutions in one activity. People choose one movement out of many movement solutions to complete the activitiy. The context of the activity still affords multiple movement patterns, and this mean the chosen moveme... -
Why “Posture” won’t help?
Just positional change won't give us good result, but less muscle contraction or adequate recruiting of the muscles will. This is through teaching experience. In kinesiology there is a term 'postural control', and it includes both its po... -
The more we know, the more we feel ease
There is a therapy called Focusing. This could be good in psychotherapy, but I think that this won't help movement problem very much. It may help, but it probably takes more time. The AT lessons will help better. Most of the senses (espe...
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