Semi-supine
The position itself is a useful one and practiced in conjunction with lessons it encourages the changes the Alexander Technique aims to...
Tech Neck
'Tech Neck', is becoming a global epidemic thanks to modern technology. I'm referring to the pain you get in the back of your neck from...
Continuing Professional Development
Last weekend I went away for an intensive bit of CPD with my old Alexander teacher John Nicholls. John was one of the principals at the...
Cleaning
Often, when people clean, they brace their legs, tense their arms, hold their breath and go at it like crazy, making rapid, restricted...
The right car
I've bought a car! I had driven my old one for about 12 years. Children, cats, dogs and guinea pigs had been sick in it, gone to the...
Sensory awareness
Recently I have had the opportunity to work extensively with a couple of men who are a challenge because they 'feel nothing'. Although...
A Shy Adolescent
I recall a pupil I worked with at Sherborne School for Girls who first came to me aged about twelve. She had recently moved back to the...
Staying back
People often have tension in the lumbar area of their backs which has the effect of pulling the back forward, sometimes accentuating the...
Fibromyalgia
Having met and worked with a number of people suffering from fibromyalgia, the thing I've noticed they have in common is excessive...
End gaining
In his book, 'The Use of the Self', FM Alexander wrote, 'End gaining is a universal habit'. What he was referring to is the tendency we...
