I am sometimes asked to run a series of workshops in the Alexander Technique for M.E./CFS sufferers by the Irish ME Trust. While researching the topic, I came across an article in an old edition of ‘Interaction’ , no.21 Summer 1996. The client, Helen McCorry, describes how she thought applying the Alexander Technique helped her. The […]
Always read David Higgins column in the Evening Standard. (He co-founded TenPilates, www.tenpilates.com. ) This week he talks about remembering to sit on your sit bones even when not in the gym. It’s important to maintain good posture and not give into “prolonged slump sitting” which as well as increasing “pressure on our lumbar discs”, leading […]
Just read Dr Christian Jessen’s column in the Evening Standard (9/02/11). ‘Every year around this time several of my habitually unfit patients march in to my clinic and proudly announce that they have decided to do the London marathon to get fit. My heart sinks. Running the marathon will not make them healthy. It will […]
‘The King’s Speech’ has given publicity to the problems of stammerers. F M Alexander was also able to help stammerers in his time and case studies feature in his books, notably ‘The Use of the Self’.
Go to www.tinnitusexplained.org if you want to find out how the Alexander Technique can help those suffering from Tinnitus. It’s one of those therapies which helps sufferers to relax and not focus on the noises.
Megan Sheppard put her spotlight on ‘Resolve to Swim’ in the Feelgood section of the Irish Examiner, 7 Jan ’11. So I did! Every time I slide into the pool I’m reminded of all my Alexander thinking. For those of you having difficulties in the water, I recommend ‘The Art of Swimming’ by Steven Shaw. […]
Interesting article in the Economist, The Power of Posture: How you hold yourself affects how you view yourself’. Read the article online using link below:- http://www.economist.com/node/17899714 Depressed and unhappy people are recognisable by their collapsed demeanour. Happy children are upright and bouncy. My actor pupils certainly know that high status characters or ‘authority’ figures have […]
There is a chapter on Scoliosis in Deborah Caplan’s book, ‘Back Trouble’. She gives details of how the Alexander Technique can help and includes some case studies. Here is an excerpt; ‘If you have scoliosis, the Alexander Technique can teach you how to use your back in a way that keeps it strong and as well balanced as […]
Recommended reading for pregnant women who know or want to know how the Alexander Technique can help with their back pain, sciatica, aching shoulders or neck: ‘Pregnancy and Birth: The Alexander Way’ by Ilana Machover. I’d bought the 1993 version to study when some of my clients became pregnant. Little did I think I would […]
Here are some extracts from an article a client of mine wrote about how she thought the Alexander Technique helped her when she was pregnant. For a copy of the whole article, e-mail a request to me via the contact form on my website. “I started learning the Alexander Technique a few weeks before I became […]