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I'm not aware of there being any recommended sleeping position. In fact, sleep as a subject is barely touched on in the Alexander literature I've read. I think it is simply assumed that as you progress with ypur understanding of the Technique, you w…
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Hello Bill, I consider what you've achieved is amazing. Learning to apply the principles of the Alexander Technique to your life without having lessons (or, in your case, having had only one lesson) is extremely demanding. It's not so much the in…
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If you haven't already, you could try here, where it says 'in print'; http://www.mouritz.co.uk/5.16.Author.g.html Or here, where is says 'temporarily out of stock': http://www.alexanderbooks.co.uk/search.php?gobutton.x=0&gobutton.y=0&gob…
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Hello Jim, I think it's deliberately done to help people avoid the temptation to copy what they see. There is a difference between following an internal process, which indirectly results in an external change, and trying to produce that change dire…
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Mary, Here's a link that might be of interest: http://groups.google.com/group/alexander-technique-team Nicholas
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I'm afraid I can't help much, Mary. My only advice would be to heed what was reported here: http://www.bmj.com/content/337/bmj.a884.full?gca=337%25252Faug19_2%25252Fa884&sendit=Get+All+Checked+Abstract%252528s%252529 Specifically, "Six le…
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Hello Elisabeth, If anyone could answer your question, it would be Sue Merry. You probably know about her already, from Educare. There was a recent Direction journal dedicated to the issue of children and the Technique, which might be of interest. …
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Thanks for the reference to the book by Sally Fallon. I've ordered it from our local library. Anecdotal evidence is frowned on by most scientists, but at a personal level, it's all that counts.
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This is unusual but not unheard of. I assume you or your teacher are using a wooden chair? Have you tried using an upholstered seat? Or a folded towel as padding? It might be worthwhile checking at what point in going from your ordinary way of sitti…
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I became interested in having an OBE well before I heard of the Alexander Technique, but nothing I've learned since becoming a student, and then a teacher, has helped in any way! I think OBEs require a very specific set of skills that need to be re…
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Kinesthesia is our sense of ourselves in motion, even if that 'motion' is very little, such as when we sit still. It is our sense of our own bodies in space, and how the parts of us make up a whole. So far as I know, it doesn't have much to do with …
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I listened to this and found it fascinating. What a shame there's no Alexander teacher on the team. Maybe the physiotherapist and the occupational therapist would consider 'use' their remit; but to hear the patients being talked through some Jacobso…
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Hello Magdalena, Thanks for introducing yourself. Please post any ideas you come up with that you think might interest others. Good luck on your journey. I know Alexander said, "We can throw away the habit of a lifetime in a few minutes if …
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It was a Buddhist monk who was being quoted, in an audio interview with an Alexander teacher, John Nicholls, which can be downloaded from www.directionjournal.com/. I suppose he saw things from an Eastern perspective. The story about your friend's …
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None that I know of; but I just listened to an interview where the Technique was described as "Moving meditation for Westerners"; so there's obviously scope for a study.
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More on running barefoot http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/8483401.stm
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I used to think this about playing tennis. I'm right handed and the twists and turns, especially when serving, seemed very unbalanced. It was just too frustrating to do more than think about, though. I did try playing left handed badminton for a whi…
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On the subject of footwear, here are a couple of interesting video links: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NaplesHJQOk&feature=related (It's worth listening to the words of the song ...) For a fuller explanation (scroll down for the video): ht…
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Here's another article: http://www.ft.com/cms/s/2/4b408d98-dee4-11de-adff-00144feab49a.html More about Malcolm Balk here: http://www.theartofrunning.com/Master_The_Art_of_Running/Welcome.html
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I'm glad you've sorted out your problem. I think what you describe is something that Alexander work could help with but not something it would address directly, which is probably why it doesn't crop up in the literature. Alexander's writings are fai…
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Training in any skill is a curious business. In every profession, there are some highly competent operators, many average ones, and a few hopeless cases. We know that from our interactions with specialists in various fields. All, of course, will hav…
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I'm sure this doesn't mean silent lessons. I think it means they - the ITM teachers - believe that giving directions doesn't necessarily result in good use, although good use is definitely preceded by giving directions. I suppose they must have deci…
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Here's another opinion about flip flops. Personally, I'm not convinced 'toe scrunch' and 'flip flop shuffle' are inevitable, or that their consequences aren't worth bearing, for the overall pleasure gained; but I admit, I'm biased. http://zinjanth…
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Hello Sanjeev, This isn't a very active forum but there's a fair bit of information here if you scout around. You say: "I have tried the initial neck relax and head forward and found it very useful and I do move more easily." May I ask …
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No surprises to me. Now they need to start wondering about the wisdom behind walking boots.
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Ah, I didn't realise that was what you meant. Paragraph nine of this article suggests the critical age is around 8. http://www.alexandertechnique.com/articles/develop/ Here's another link: http://www.ed2k.org.uk/at_for_kids.htm I remember meet…
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I think it would require more than Alexander lessons to instil confidence in certain members of the English cricket team when they are up against such stern opposition in as crucial a game as this; but I do remember reading about Alexander, in his h…
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Use as a concept is, as you say, 'off the radar'. I do find this odd, as it seems such an obvious matter to address; but I suppose much of the reason has to do with the difficulty of pinning down something inherently fluid. So many approaches to bet…
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Weston Price seems to have been a near contemporary of Alexander. I'm sure they would have had a lot to talk about. For me, it's a bit academic, as we can't do much about having been born and reared in a 'civilised' society, by which time it's too l…
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It's not cheap, but it looks like it could help. Noam Renen, an Alexander teacher, devised a one legged stool: http://members.fortunecity.com/noamrenen/ Click on "A personal experience" and then scroll down to the last but one photo for …