I want to open with a quote from Frank Pierce Jones regarding John Dewey, who was an early proponent of Alexander Technique: (John) Dewey considered that the Alexander Technique provided a demonstration of the unity of body and mind. With progress as a pupil, he reported an improvement in his| Expanding Awareness
This is one of the lessons from my Fundamentals of Alexander Technique course [https://expandingawareness.org/courses/], which I'm reproducing here because it's something I want to be able to link to on the public web. There are times in life where we catch ourselves ‘doing’ things that perhaps we| Expanding Awareness
I don’t mean preparation, like for a public lecture or test. I mean the moment by moment experience of bracing yourself for the next moment. Yes, I’ll explain. There’s a very common experience in Alexander Technique lessons, particularly for beginners, where the student ‘gets ready’ to receive| Expanding Awareness