by admin | Nov 28, 2014 | Uncategorized
You’re a seer, and if not, you can become one. I used to delight when viewing a painting to let one element of a work catch my eye, and then hold up my thumb at arm’s length to block that element, a small splash of color in a Monet. I’d watch the whole painting...
by admin | Nov 25, 2014 | Uncategorized
When we speak of the diaphragm that is so essential to our breathing, we properly call it the thoracic diaphragm, for there is another diaphragm located at the base of our pelvis called the perineal diaphragm. There are two diaphragms. Like the thoracic diaphragm, the...
by admin | Nov 21, 2014 | Uncategorized
Your feet are telling you a story about your self, about your inclinations and your standing in the world. Interested? There is a body of evidence that says when we think about the future that we incline forward, and when we think about the past, we lean back. It...
by admin | Nov 20, 2014 | Alexander Technique, creation, piano plaing
In Michelangelo’s depiction of creation on the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel, the hands of God are electric, stretched out, fingers pointing, fully invested in an outcome. No, not at all. Take a look. They are the hands of a gourmand pointing to a choice on a dessert...
by admin | Nov 19, 2014 | Alexander Technique, Breath, breathing, Uncategorized
The Sweet Procedure: Raising your hands and arms openly and outwardly to shoulder level, nearly perpendicular to your torso with palms upturned, might be the perfect reaction to taking in a thing of beauty, an opera house, a cathedral, a temple, a mosque. In the...
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