by admin | Dec 28, 2015 | Alexander Technique, Alexander Technique Exercises, Attention, Awareness, Pausing, Waiting
A recent New York Times article (December 22) in the column Corner Office extols the virtues of waiting. Businessman César Melgoza says that “pregnant pauses are really good. There’s something that happens there.” Agreed, Mr. Melgoza, agreed....
by admin | Dec 22, 2015 | Alexander Technique, Attention, Mindfulness, Relativity
Yes, it’s all relative. Scientists since and including Einstein are telling us that to observe a phenomenon is to alter that phenomenon. It’s the foundation of relativity. The passage of time is altered by our speed as we approach the speed of light. One...
by admin | Dec 21, 2015 | Alexander Technique, Cool and classic
Perhaps you’ll recognize in me a case of arrested development, but few things please me more than being called cool by an eighteen year old, for instance, by my vey cool nephew Maclean. I love the boy. What does it mean to be cool? It is to be available but not...
by admin | Dec 11, 2015 | Alexander Technique, Awareness, Back pain, ballistic movement, Mindfulness, Swing
Here it is, and back by popular demand, my collins axe. Only one truly ignorant of the work involved would pick one up. There is a trick involved in using it, one that makes our work a lot easier. It is, rather than swinging the monstrous thing, to LET it swing....
by admin | Dec 9, 2015 | Uncategorized
Hey boys and girls. Build a metaphor. BAM! Involve the kids. Here’s the raw material: In a recent organic gardening class, the teacher was asked what one does if a garden is wanted and all there is lawn. Answer: Buy a pick, she says, a big ole collins axe and...
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