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Alexander Technique Tips Archives - Poised and Balanced
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03/Apr/2013

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The 27th March issue of OK! magazine has another article about Alexander Technique, this one focused on the A-list celebrities who use it

The 27th March issue of OK! magazine has another article about Alexander Technique, this one focused on the A-list celebrities who use it. Madonna, Hugh Jackman, Richard Gere, Joanna Lumley, Sir Paul McCartney, William Hurt, Pierce Brosnan, Sting, Jamie Lee Curtis, Jennifer Saunders, Ruby Wax, John Cleese, Robin Williams, Judi Dench,  Keanu Reeves.

The list is much more extensive.

Most of us don’t really think about how we use ourselves. The way we walk, talk, sit, stand etc, communicates a huge amount of information about our character to others. We convey so much information through our body language. This is often unconsciously and automatically perceived by us;  then we make immediate assumptions, opinions and judgements before we even hear people even utter a word based on their body language.

Nearly all celebrities and professionals understand the importance of body language. Actors, singer, and performers realise the tool of their trade is themselves, so they have Alexander Technique lesson to help fine tune themselves, just as a musician would fine tune there instrument so it was ready for peak performance.

All the above celebrities use the simple yet highly effective tools of the Alexander Technique to optimize there health and performance.

Having lessons is like fine tuning yourself, so you excel, you have confidence, your present, you project yourself from a place of ease, balance and integrity.

Why not give it a go and get some poise, balance and a confident spring into you step, I think you may need it after this long winter.

Book in April to receive a 50% discount on an introductory lesson in the month of April- quote Ok magazine to receive your discount.

 

 

 

 

 


19/Feb/2013

Blog: Start to notice some of your habits and approach to everyday movement, such as sitting, walking and standing and relaxing. It’s amazing how automatic and unconscious most of theses habits are.

The forces of our habits are really strong; so remember to develop the art of being more present with your self.

When you are relaxed, are you collapsed? When you are standing is the weight equally into both feet, are your knees locked? Start to become more aware of your torso and shoulders/arms/hands.

Notice how often the breath is held, often when we carry out a movement or find ourselves in a tense situation we hold the breath, resulting in more stress and tension and compression.

Most of what we do in our daily activities nearly always involves the hands, arms shoulders, resulting in lots of tension; whether it be micro movements from keyboarding, using the computer mouse, using your smart phone, writing, or bigger more heavy manual movements, lifting pushing pulling, possibility weights in the gym etc, or carrying extra weight, be it our own weight, of external weight.

So we need to remember all that we do with the arms/hands/shoulders, and use the tools and strategies to do less.

Some of these tools are awareness, reminding ourselves we can do less, stopping to undo, thinking into the arms and wanting and asking them to release. Breathing into the tension, gentle stretching excises, resting in constructive resting position. So basically finding the best means to not get bunch hunched and crunched in the shoulders. Ideally the shoulders should feel warm wide and wonderful, so think of that direction into the shoulder, opening broadening and widening, releasing undoing, using what ever thoughts and suggestion work and help you.


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