"As a physician, I am quite familiar with the problems that bad body posture can bring... Kate's approach to the issue at hand was phenomenal. She had a thorough knowledge of body functioning, and most important she was able to convey the principles of the technique clearly and interestingly using medical models and other demonstrative teaching devices... Moreover, Kate's methodic approach to Alexander Technique has allowed us to apply its principles independently after the lessons were concluded."

-- Michael, Neurologist

 

 AimingUp  Alexander Technique
Brooklyn, New York

Basic Principles of the Alexander Technique

The practice of the Alexander Technique is based on the constant interplay of three basic principles: Awareness, Inhibition, and Direction.

Awareness: The Alexander Technique teaches you to be aware of your habitual mental and physical reactions to everyday stimuli.

Inhibition: In the practice of the Alexander Technique, inhibition refers not to suppression, but rather the temporary suspension of a habitual response to allow for a reasoned, conscious reaction.

Direction: In the Alexander Technique, direction refers not only to mental orders or physical movements, but to establishing a constant, conscious link between what you think and what you do.

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F.M. Alexander

The Alexander Technique is a tool, a skill of adaptability to meet the demands of everyday activity.

It takes into account the relationships between balance, breathing, muscular tension and consciousness that are aspects not normally recognized as related.

It gives us a chance to recognize and suspend our habits, and discover how we are interfering with ourselves and our overall efficiency.

It teaches us to release muscular tensions and allow the head to balance on a decompressed, elongated, dimensional spine.

By altering the balance of the head on the spine, every part of the body is affected and energized differently.

Tensions reorganize themselves and the “parts” relate to each other as a coordinated whole made up of many dynamically balanced relationships.

We economize on muscular effort, not only to save energy, but also to bestow mobility, freedom, and elasticity throughout the body.

As someone’s experience of the Technique develops, it’s as if his or her mind and body become more and more integrated, so that consciousness permeates the whole self.

 


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