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BMJ Back Pain Study – Alexander Technique
Findings of a study of Back Pain and the Alexander Technique conducted by the British Medical Journal
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Back Pain and the Alexander Technique
Back pain and in particular low back pain is one of the most frequent and painful ailments in modern society, unfortunately many approaches fail to address the most frequent causes of back pain and that is simply how often we mis-use our bodies in modern living, our body systems are out of balance and…
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One Part Moves, All Parts Move
I feel that there is a huge amount of wisdom that comes to us from what are known as the internal martial arts such as Tai Chi and Yiquan. In their authentic form these arts great prowess comes from a form of complete ‘relaxation’ known as sung or song and a different kind of…
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Eyes Matter
The way you use your eyes can have a significant effect on your ease of movement or sitting, indeed your entire well being. When someone arrives for a lesson you could say metaphorically they don’t arrive in one go, they may have all kinds of things whizzing around in their head, it takes time…
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Erick Hawkins
I am not a dancer myself but dancers often do visit Alexander Technique teachers to find more about how to work harmoniously with their bodies. A few years ago I became interested in a dancer named Erick Hawkins, who was passionate about restoring flow and ease of movement in dance, he felt that ballet…
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Looking after the spine
How easily we can corrupt the essential head-neck-back relationship when picking something up from the floor, see in the picture below how the infant effortlessly preserves the integrity of his head-neck-back relationship and so keeps optimal strength and flexibility in his spine. The adult has weakened his spine by kinking at the neck and…