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The Alexander Technique and Rolfing

Body Learning: The Alexander Technique

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The Parallels Between Alexander and Rolfing

The Alexander technique is the idea of Alexander's critical moment, like the moment before you begin your intended action. Rolfers have their own jargon for talking about this: They call it the anticipatory postural action. We also call it pre-movement. It sounds exactly like what Alexander observed using the mirrors all those years ago that he would tense his neck just with the thought of speaking.

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