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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, note 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 straining his lower back.…