Day 18/40
In my application for the AAD Course I wrote: My Aim is to apply the principles of the Alexander Technique to practicing the guitar. The focus being: experimenting & playfulness.
In this spirit I carry on playing around with the inhibitory directions. This is the only thing I define in terms of my AT work (The guitar material is provided by the Course) for today.
So, I respond with my AT thinking to whataver I notice. If I notice my breathing is restricted, I think: I'm not breathing, and so on. Another directions used today: I'm not playing guitar, I'm not tensing my right hand, I'm not fixing, I'm not tensing myself. I don't think this contradicts the principle of defining the Aim positively. Say my aim is to find release and more freedom in activity - the negative directions definitely support this positive aim.
At one point I notice how this way of thinking prevents tension from happening during practicing an exercise that usually induces tension. I have a very clear moment of psycho-physical unity awareness. At that point, I couldn't really clearly draw the line between where thinking stops and doing begins. What a wonderful experience.
The process of practicing is gradually becoming organic.
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