Today we don’t have a grip on the nature of matter, of the universe. String theory, holding that matter is the resonance of super-strings, is being attacked. But I’m with the string theory folks. Men and women dreamed the DNA molecule, the double helix, drew it, before it was observed. They decided it was too beautiful not to exist. So it is with the resonance of the universe, the music of the spheres. It is too beautiful not to be true. And as we come to that understanding, it is going to change things, change us. It will bring in an era when touch is the go to modality of healing. It might not be the Alexander Technique, but it is going to look like it. And I might not be around to see it, but feeling it right now, this morning, is enough for me. The spirit, the breath of God, moved upon the face of the waters, and there were waves. In he words of Pogo, who is not often mentioned in the same breath as God, we have met them and they are us.
Yes, yes, yes and Thank you Alan, I totally agree. My first AT lesson was an epiphany BECAUSE of the touch. Had it been talking and theory only, I wouldn’t have been so moved by the whole experience, and may well not have pursued it further. The depth of knowledge that came through the hands to me via proprioception was incredible and out of this world. It goes beyond anything that can be articulated or explained in words. Similarly table work lends huge clarity of learning beyond words, and is what sparks AT to most people IMHO. It is for me a deeply spiritual practice, and as you say beautiful and of the Gods.
Angela, this is just it. Who mentions touch when we describe our work? It is as though we were self-cursed. We cloak our work in theory, method, and process. Let’s break out.