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Walk tall with #alexandertechnique

Alexander Technique: Learning to defer reflex habituated responses, and supplanting them with conscious choices arrived at via reasoned processes. Then repeat. #AlexanderTechnique

Alexander Technique assists in the acquisition of skill & the honing of method. Retune, recalibrate, then start all over again. Be an lifelong student, of yourself. #AlexanderTechnique

"Pull your shoulders back" is terrible advice. Arms & hands are better deployed from a wide, released frame.

Alexander Technique lessons involve the abandonment of what movement "should feel like". Sensation can be so misleading.

Frank Quitely’s work on All-Star Superman was sincerely masterful:

@robertprice1969 Yeah, seems to. But perhaps with less assistance from gravity.

@AlexTechRich Which presumably means it slides back when the chin is raised ? X

Alexander Technique Fundamental No 1: Use Affects Functioning. How you utilise the entire framework that is you, influences outcomes.

Alexander Technique: Restore Factory Settings.

"Slow is smooth and smooth is fast." An Alexander technique teacher I used to work with in New York taught me this. She learned it from working with Navy Seals, who received this mantra as part of their training. It's a piece of wisdom I'm continually forgetting and needing.

Friday Fun Film! Let's take a look inside my vocal tract...

Alexander Technique is immensely practical. John Dewey stated it was "scientific in the strictest sense of the word" & "satisfies the most exacting demands of scientific method". It stands up to scrutiny.

@QiaochuYuan If your knees are falling outward, move the feet away from each other a little. If the knees are falling together, move the feet a little closer. Also, feet not too close to the bottom.

1. semi-supine. this is something i learned from a friend who gave me an alexander technique session. the books under the head are important. you want to balance your knees in a way that feels effortless which will take some messing around alexander-technique-online.com/defining-the-a…

okay uh lemme describe 6 positions i'm using to stretch and release tension in my legs and pelvis. i have no idea if any of these will work for anyone else but here goes

There is no muscle memory in Alexander Technique. That moment? It's gone. But don't fret, there'll be another along, in a moment.

Alexander Technique. Stopping the interference, effortlessly resisting habitual reflex responses to the onslaught of modern living.

Release into movement. #AlexanderTechnique

@m_ashcroft Even more impressive when viewed from above

It’s fascinating sitting in a busy train station at rush hour, taking in the whole scene and noticing hundreds of control systems successfully not collide with each other

@lesleyanngreen There's a teacher in Ambleside, and there is/was a Teacher Training School in Cumbria (I think). Here's a Walking with the Alexander Technique Workshop: surfsister.co.uk/brathay-escape…

In the Alexander Technique, we do not accept deterioration as the default setting for humans. Good Use of the Self promotes continued efficiency. #AlexanderTechnique

@suzemargar Hah, yes! Seen the same, a bucket of cement with a wooden pole (slightly off centre) sticking out, about 5-6Kg. When grasping the wooden pole, you realise just how amazing it is that we are upright at all.

@AlexTechRich This was well illustrated to me by an AT Teacher some years ago. They handed me a ten pin bowling ball attached to a short pole to hold aloft. Needed both hands. Making me recognise weight of the head & how vital keeping it well poised is as impacts on spine. Thanks for reminder!

The poise of the head at the top of the spine affects the utility of the framework beneath.