Recent Posts

• This Alexander Technique Blog
• Tip 86 – Video: How to Lean Back in a Chair
• Tip 85 – Video: When Walking, Leave Your Hip Behind Your Leg
• Tip 84 – Video, How to Lunge
• Tip 83 – Reduce Back Pain by Standing Over Your Legs
• Tip 82 – Video: The Chair Is Incidental
• Tip 81 – Video: What Is “Direction” in the Alexander Technique?
• Tip 80 – Video: What is “Inhibition” in the Alexander Technique?
• Tip 79 – Video: Leave Your Feet on the Floor
• Tip 78 – Video: Love the Ground
• Tip 77 – Video: Posture and Back Pain
• Tip 76 – Video: Point Your Spine
• Tip 75 – Video: Awareness Begins Behind You
• Tip 74 – Video: How to Speak with Less Tension
• Tip 73 – Video: While Looking Up, Don’t Pull Down
• Tip 72 – Core/Ab Exercises and the Alexander Technique
• Tip 71 – Video: Point Your Shoulders
• Tip 70 – Video: For Walking, Think More about Where You Are
• Tip 69 – Video: When Walking, Lead with the Crown of Your Head
• Tip 68 – Video: Think of Your Body as an Archer’s Bow
• Tip 67 – Imagine Your Breath As Ocean Waves
• Tip 66 – Video: Good Posture Is Like a Wave
• Tip 65 – Video: To Rise More Easily from a Chair, Go Up
• Tip 64 – Video: Think of the Chair as Your Legs
• Tip 63 – Video: When Bending, Keep Your Head Away from Your Heels
• New Website
• Tip 62 – Video: How to Climb Stairs
• Tip 61 – Video: How to Carry a Backpack
• Tip 60 – Video: Improve Computer Posture
• Tip 59 – Video: Proper Head Position
• Tip 58 – Video: Your Waist Is Not a Joint
• Tip 57 – Video: Think Up when Bending Down
• Tip 56 – Think Up When Bending Down
• Tip 55 – Dressage and the Alexander Technique
• Tip 54 – Be Like Walter Payton
• Tip 53 – Be Like Roger Federer
• Tip 52 – Avoid Pulling the Steering Wheel
• Tip 51 – Stability and Posture
• Tip 50 – Neck Tension and Balance
• Tip 49 – Point Your Spine when Bending Forward
• Tip 48 – Seated Bending, Lead with Your Head
• Tip 47 – Seated Bending, Use Your Hip Joints
• Tip 46 – The Chair Is Your Legs
• Tip 45 – Reach to the Ground to Feel Taller
• Tip 44 – Gasping Causes Neck Tension
• Tip 43 – Avoid Gasping Before Speaking
• Tip 42 – Avoid Gasping
• Tip 41 – Head and Torso
• Tip 40 – Reaching while Bending
• Tip 39 – Reaching while Sitting
• Tip 38 – Your Arms Are Emissaries of Your Back
• Tip 37 – Use Your Knees When Bending Even Less
• Tip 36 – Use Your Knees when Bending a Little
• Tip 35 – Bend Your Hips, Knees, and Ankles to Touch the Floor
• Tip 34 – Objects are Incidental in the Alexander Technique
• Tip 33 – Inhibition and Direction in the Alexander Technique
• Tip 32 – “Direction” and the Alexander Technique
• Tip 31 – “Inhibition” and the Alexander Technique
• Tip 30 – Lean Against a Wall Exercise
• Tip 29 – Lying Down Exercise III
• Tip 28 – Lying Down Exercise II
• Tip 27 – Lying Down Exercise I
• Tip 26 – Bending, Leave Your Hips Behind Your Legs
• Tip 25 – When Walking, Lead with the Crown of Your Head
• Tip 24 – When Walking, Leave Your Hip behind Your Leg
• Tip 23 – Walking: Think More about Your Standing Leg
• Tip 22 – Standing on the Subway
• Tip 21 – How to Carrry Your Backpack
• Tip 20 – Improve Computer Posture
• Tip 19 – How to Lunge
• Tip 18 – Be Like Katharine Hepburn
• Tip 17 – Be Like Isaiah Mustafa
• Tip 16 – Avoid Pulling Down to Go Up
• Tip 15.5 – What’s Wrong with Using Your Hands?
• Tip 15 – Stairs, Avoid Going Down to Go Up
• Tip 14 – Avoid Taking Your Feet off the Floor
• Tip 13 – Think of Your Body as a Wave
• Tip 12 – For Bending, Keep Your Head away from Your Heels
• Tip 11 – Dynamic Opposition in Your Body
• Tip 10.5 – Balance and the Alexander Technique
• Tip 10 – Your Breath Is an Ocean Wave
• Tip 9.5 – When Leaning Back, Point Your Spine
• Tip 9 – Enjoy Your Exhale
• Tip 8 – Hang Your Ribs from Your Pointing Spine
• Tip 7 – Your Spine Is Lively
• Tip 6 – Point Your Shoulders
• An Arch Made of Arches
• Tip 5 – Your Waist Is Not a Joint
• Tip 4 – Point Your Spine
• Tip 3.5 – Finding Your Hip Joints
• Tip 3 – Proper Head Position
• How Long Does it Take?
• Tip 2.25 – Love the Ground
• Tip 2 – Awareness Begins Behind You
• Tip 1 – Your Body Is a Spring
• Overthinking and Habit
• Defining the Torso
• The Fountain