With what Dewey calls “persistence and thoroughness”, Mr Alexander “created what may be called a physiology of the living organism. His observations and experiments have to do with the actual functioning of the body, with the organisms in operation, and in operation under the ordinary conditions of living.”
Tag Archives: principles
The Power to Choose
As with everything in life, it’s my choice how I respond to things. It’s my decision.
Why I’m an ITM teacher
I have a confession to make: I was never interested in the Alexander Technique. So how did I end up as an Alexander Technique teacher?
Doing Even Less
What do we do as ITM teachers in our classes? We get in your way. We get in your way in order to force you to find a new and simpler solution to the way you carry out your activity
Doing Less
“The Alexander Technique doesn’t teach you something new to do.”
Just ten words. Why not stop at eight? Why not say ‘The Alexander Technique doesn’t teach you something new’? Because that claim would be false. The Alexander Technique does teach you something new. But it doesn’t teach you something new to do.
Stability
There are themes that occur time and time again during Alexander Technique (AT) classes, and one of these is our concept of stability.
Alexander’s Wessex Roots
Today I wanted to write about a bit of history that connects Mr. Alexander with our locality.
Alexander’s Dream
Dreams can be large or small but, regardless of size, dreams are always our vision of how life could be: our ideal, our inspiration, our “why to” do things.
What do we mean by Ease of Motion?
In the ITM we have a three-word definition for ease of motion: Fred Astaire dancing. Why do we involve the great Mr. Astaire? Well, because he illustrates an important principle.
Summer school stories
What happened back in 2011 that took me to Cirencester, to spend 5 days with a group of people whom I had never met before, whom I knew nothing about, and whose work was a mystery to me?
Wessex Alexander Technique 