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Change your standing

by admin | Apr 27, 2018 | Attention, Awareness, Balance, Posture, relatiionships, Standing

Giannis Antetokounmpo has staggering skills. A baskeball player from Greece, he plays now for Minneapolis and he is gaining in skills every day, and at 6’11’,  in height as well, or so he thinks. When asked how many steps in would take him to get from foul...

An Alexander Technique Exercise

by admin | Jan 15, 2015 | Alexander lesson, breathing, Posture, Self-disovery, Standing

Rx, a prescription, from the Latin, recipere, take thou. Here’s my prescription for today. It’s as simple as it is transforming. Rx. Stand with your back toward a wall, heels, say, 4-6 inches from the wall’s surface, completely independent of it,...

Standing up for your standing

by admin | Nov 11, 2014 | Alexander lesson, Alexander Technique, Posture, Standing

Posture is a predictor. A study by Galinsky and Huang published in Scientific American showed that subjects asked to adopt a wide and open posture were more willing to take risk and were viewed as having more authority by subjects who were allowed to slouch. Posture...

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