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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...

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 ...

【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 ...

I keep studying about the pelvis and the hip joint. I like to introduce my version of its explanation from mainly kinesiological point of view. The pelvis angle affects the head/neck relationship. This means that we won't accomplish the ...

【The reasons for our thinking of the head】 First, I describe here that the reasons why we had better think of our head while we move. Thinking of the head helps us to place the center of gravity of the body at the adequate position and...