9/22/11

VIDEO: "Experience Speaks for the Alexander Technique

Watch the video by Thomas Glen Cook
I just discovered this video and think it's great. It's a little longer than the average but certainly worth watching. This 22 minute video is a series of short interviews with students and teachers of Alexander Technique including very clear and intelligent explanations by an AT teacher who is also a physicist of how the release of muscle tension in the neck and head positively effects the whole system.

More links to videos on the Alexander Technique can be found at: http://alexandervideo.net/online/

9/21/11

Read about an Alexander Teacher's own journey with Chronic Pain

Karen Krueger, a lawyer, struggled with chronic pain. Her pain issues led her to study the Alexander Technique. Now a teacher of Alexander, she writes about her own journey and how she approaches students dealing with similar issues.

"I first took lessons in the Alexander Technique to help me deal with severe, chronic headaches that were making it impossible for me to continue working as a partner at a large New York law firm. I found the Technique after years of struggling, without success, to solve my problem through conventional medical approaches."
Read the full article: Alexander Technique and Chronic Pain
From the latest issue of the AmSAT News (AmSAT is the American Society for the Alexander Technique).

The AmSAT News is a journal about The Alexander Technique that comes out 3x per year. For more information about AmSAT and the News go to: www.amsatonline.org
(You'll find featured articles on the right side bar of the home page).