Vivien Schapera: Alexander Technique
Somatic Primer Podcast
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What Is the Alexander Technique?
A lot of people don't know what the alexander technique is. Alexander teachers make it so difficult for themselves because they want to avoid using the word posture. So i would say, let's put the word posture back into our understanding of the nique. It's our best word to depict what the nique is about. But to understand that posture isn't and shouldn't be a static thing, and it's not something you do. It's a very dynamic way of engaging your muscles throughout the day, even when you're sleeping. There's a posture for sleeping. And as we start to reduce the amount of interference from thought to actuality, from mind to body
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