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Technologies of the self, No. 5.

by admin | Feb 21, 2020 | Alexander Technique, Alexander Technique Exercises, Blog, Technologies of the self

Technology digitalizes everything, conveys information in 1’s and 0’s. So does the technology of the self. It conveys its message in the digits of our hands and the spaces between. Its language is that of opening and of that most profound word...

Waiting is au courant

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....

An Alexander Technique Exercise

by admin | Dec 1, 2015 | Alexander Technique Exercises, Mindfulness, Self-disovery

Think of letting your hand and arm arise, index finger pointing up, open palm toward your head, five or six inches distant, more or less. Now comply with that wish. Oops, your’e already there aren’t you? Try it again and think it first. Let your right arm,...

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