Comments for Alexander Technique with Sarah Chatwin

Comment on Alexander Technique: Heads Up! by Mark Josefsberg

Mark Josefsberg — Wed, 22 Feb 2012 19:32:25 +0000

I love the idea of ‘wearing your head on the top of your spine’. Great image. My habit was also to tilt my head to the right. Even more significant for me was that I poked my neck forward, eventually causing severe neck pain. The Alexander Technique really saved me, which is why I teach it.
Mark

Comment on Listen to the whispers, so you don’t have to hear the screams. by Mark Josefsberg

Mark Josefsberg — Wed, 22 Feb 2012 02:24:14 +0000

Yes. And the Alexander Technique helps you become aware of the whispers. Thanks Sarah!

Comment on Board Room Revolutions and the Alexander Technique by Sarah

Sarah — Fri, 17 Feb 2012 15:45:51 +0000

Hi Rajal,

Thank you. I heard this in a workshop so I had to track down the presenter hence the delay in replying. She thinks the source was Kursty Groves who writes about design and innovation. Not an academic source for you, sorry!

Comment on Something old, something new by Robert Rickover

Robert Rickover — Mon, 13 Feb 2012 01:00:53 +0000

Wow – thanks for the endorsement! Love your blogs – short and to the point.

Comment on Leonardo da Vinci and the Alexander Technique by Patrick Smith

Patrick Smith — Tue, 31 Jan 2012 15:14:58 +0000

What a worthy aspiration.

Comment on Board Room Revolutions and the Alexander Technique by Rajal Cohen

Rajal Cohen — Fri, 27 Jan 2012 18:46:27 +0000

Hi Sarah,

This is very interesting, and I would love to see a reference for this information!

Thanks,
Rajal

Rajal Cohen, M.AmSAT, Ph.D.
Postdoctoral Fellow in Movement Disorders
Oregon Health and Science University

Comment on Alexander Technique: Beware of Imitations! by Sarah Chatwin

Sarah Chatwin — Mon, 16 Jan 2012 18:21:21 +0000

Everyone has a story like this, once you get them thinking about it! Thanks for yours, Karen.

Comment on Hugh Jackman on Alexander Technique for Actors by Sarah Chatwin

Sarah Chatwin — Mon, 16 Jan 2012 18:18:18 +0000

I agree Franis – and because Alexander Technique is subtle and complex, it can be quite a challenge. I think Hugh Jackman does a brilliant job.

Comment on Hugh Jackman on Alexander Technique for Actors by Franis Engel

Franis Engel — Sat, 14 Jan 2012 01:15:01 +0000

I love to hearing anyone attempt to explain what is their experience of Alexander Technique – especially on the spot in an interview.

Comment on Alexander Technique: Beware of Imitations! by Franis Engel

Franis Engel — Sat, 14 Jan 2012 01:11:51 +0000

I like this post quite a bit. It spells out how we can adopt our habits in innocent ways – from people we admire and spend time with. In Alexander Technique, there’s a tendency to demonize habits in general. This is implied as a teacher identifies what the student should move away from – but I think that it pays off in education to spell out how it’s not a particular habit that’s wrong, or habit acquisition, but doing an unnecessary routine repeatedly that can become a limitation. Also, it pays off to question why train a new habit? Habits are routines that we humans train ourselves to do for many reasons. Obviously, it pays off to know these reasons.

I often wondered if there was an important time in a kid’s life when they would tend to adopt the postural identity of their family – or if it’s an ongoing thing? It would be a curious point of family identity to point out to your family at a gathering. …As you told them all about the value you’ve found in Alexander Technique and why go to the bother of changing the habit.

If it is an ongoing thing, then this would imply that a person would want to be careful to choose ones’ teachers carefully too. Because it’s likely that we’ll adopt a teacher’s postural attitude along with the content of the actual skill we admire that we’re attempting to learn.