Canberra Alexander Technique

29/09/2025

Really interesting.
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27/04/2024

26/04/2024

Great arm/shoulder movement view. https://www.instagram.com/reel/C6OOSp7iFd6/?igsh=MXgwb3gxNXNtYTJlZg==

30/04/2022

Breathe by Becky Helmsley

💚 ‘She sat at the back and they said she was shy,
💫She led from the front and they hated her pride,
🌀They asked her advice and then questioned her guidance,
🌬They branded her loud, then were shocked by her silence.

😔When she shared no ambition they said it was sad,
💭So she told them her dreams and they said she was mad,
👂🏻They told her they'd listen, then covered their ears,
♥️And gave her a hug while they laughed at her fears,

🎧And she listened to all of it thinking she should,
🧚‍♀️Be the girl they told her to be best as she could,
💭But one day she asked what was best for herself,
💞Instead of trying to please everyone else,

🌳So she walked to the forest and stood with the trees,
🍂She heard the wind whisper and dance with the leaves,
🌲She spoke to the willow, the elm and the pine,
🌀And she told them what she'd been told time after time,

💔She told them she felt she was never enough,
💫She was either too little or far far too much,
🔈Too loud or too quiet, too fierce or too weak,
🤹🏻‍♀️Too wise or too foolish, too bold or too meek,

🌀Then she found a small clearing surrounded by firs,
🌳And she stopped...and she heard what the trees said to her,
🧘🏼‍♂️And she sat there for hours not wanting to leave,
🌀♥️For the forest said nothing, it just let her breathe.'

(‘Breathe’ by Becky Helmsley)

28/09/2021

Fun.

27/08/2021

Dare I say, vale the rock solid Charlie Watts. Amazing, just amazing.

Enjoy the Rolling Stones J.J.F. through the special view watching Charlie Watts ONLY.Good for learning his unique technic, like hitting point on snare drum (...

18/08/2021

GOD, THIS IS BEAUTIFUL! TAKE THE TIME TO READ IT ❤️
As someone who writes often, I naturally appreciate epic writing when I see it. This morning, I came across this written piece of art and it moved me deeply, so I had to share it with all of you! Not only are these words true theatre, they also act as sound advice ❤️

my brain and
heart divorced

a decade ago

over who was
to blame about
how big of a mess
I have become

eventually,
they couldn't be
in the same room
with each other

now my head and heart
share custody of me

I stay with my brain
during the week

and my heart
gets me on weekends

they never speak to one another

- instead, they give me
the same note to pass
to each other every week

and their notes they
send to one another always
says the same thing:

"This is all your fault"

on Sundays
my heart complains
about how my
head has let me down
in the past

and on Wednesday
my head lists all
of the times my
heart has screwed
things up for me
in the future

they blame each
other for the
state of my life

there's been a lot
of yelling - and crying

so,

lately, I've been
spending a lot of
time with my gut

who serves as my
unofficial therapist

most nights, I sneak out of the
window in my ribcage

and slide down my spine
and collapse on my
gut's plush leather chair
that's always open for me

~ and I just sit sit sit sit
until the sun comes up

last evening,
my gut asked me
if I was having a hard
time being caught
between my heart
and my head

I nodded

I said I didn't know
if I could live with
either of them anymore

"my heart is always sad about
something that happened yesterday
while my head is always worried
about something that may happen tomorrow,"
I lamented

my gut squeezed my hand

"I just can't live with
my mistakes of the past
or my anxiety about the future,"
I sighed

my gut smiled and said:

"in that case,
you should
go stay with your
lungs for a while,"

I was confused
- the look on my face gave it away

"if you are exhausted about
your heart's obsession with
the fixed past and your mind's focus
on the uncertain future

your lungs are the perfect place for you

there is no yesterday in your lungs
there is no tomorrow there either

there is only now
there is only inhale
there is only exhale
there is only this moment

there is only breath

and in that breath
you can rest while your
heart and head work
their relationship out."

this morning,
while my brain
was busy reading
tea leaves

and while my
heart was staring
at old photographs

I packed a little
bag and walked
to the door of
my lungs

before I could even knock
she opened the door
with a smile and as
a gust of air embraced me
she said

"what took you so long?"

~ John Roedel (johnroedel.com)

08/08/2021

16/07/2021

Fascinating view on the human adaptation to throw, and shoulder function.

Homo sapiens has a throwing arm that sets our species apart from all others—now athletes are helping anthropologists understand this prowess.