I listened to a very interesting episode of the Body Learning podcast today. The teacher who was intervied outlined three principles that Alexander Technique shares with other movement modalities (i.e. Tai Chi)
By the way, I'm just paraphrasing what I remember from listening to it. Please refer to the recording for more accurate description.
1. Doing less / Non-doing - instead of adding more stuff to what is already not working, I need to stop repeating harmful habits.
2. Slowing down whatever I'm doing - this creates the space for observing what is actually going on in the body while it is moving.
3. Conscious direction - i.e. the relationship between my head, neck and the torso / breathing etc.
Hmmm. I think I'm also going to use this blog as a notepad for jotting down interesting ideas / thoughts gathered from the podcasts / books etc.
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