Marietta - Alexander Technique

12/12/2024

En Dic-Enero estoy de visita en Madrid. Si quieres una clase privada de una hora, o un taller de Una (que es lo mismo) visita mi página española y reserva tu hora. Espero seguir manteniendo el contacto. Saludos.

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03/12/2024

The book "An African Odyssey" had just come out and Walter talks about his work with the author, Hugh Massey. Also about learning and feeling....

Alexander Technique notes from a teacher that shares her experience of how AT changed her life and the improvement of the well-being of others.

23/11/2024

I’ve written a very short post about how the Alexander Technique lay emphasis since its conception to this day on the practical side, the experience. It is open for everybody, not just teachers. I hope it can be useful. Please read and share.

Alexander Technique notes from a teacher that shares her experience of how AT changed her life and the improvement of the well-being of others.

19/11/2024

In this talk Walter highlights how the words can't give you the experience. They are a reminder of the experience from the hands of the teacher and a help to understand it. Not a substitute. Also words that are better not to use them. Enjoy!

Alexander Technique notes from a teacher that shares her experience of how AT changed her life and the improvement of the well-being of others.

12/11/2024

And, “they couldn’t accept one and reject the other .” UCIL preface 9.02.01 BY WALTER CARRINGTON The next book we've got to read is The Universal Constant in Living (UCL). We last finished reading it in February 1998, so it was three years ago. Since then we’ve read The Use of the Self, then Constructive Conscious Control (CCCI), and then…...

Alexander Technique notes from a teacher that shares her experience of how AT changed her life and the improvement of the well-being of others.

01/11/2024

MSI 100 pg204 30.01.01 BY WALTER CARRINGTON So, just going back in time a little bit, The guiding principle that should be invariably kept in mind by both teacher and pupil is to secure, with the minimum of effort, perfect use of the component parts of the mechanisms concerned in respiration and vocalization. Then, sooner or later, adequate mobility, power, speed, absolute control, and artistic manipulation must follow....

Alexander Technique notes from a teacher that shares her experience of how AT changed her life and the improvement of the well-being of others.

01/11/2024

And why the controlled of whisper “ah” is so much recommended by Alexander MSI track name BY WALTER CARRINGTON Last time I'd just been reading to you about this matter of the how, when people are talking about breathing, they tend to naturally think of the air and don't think of the blood, they don't think of the circulation, when of course, the whole purpose of breathing is to convey oxygen through the bloodstream to the cells that need it for life....

Alexander Technique notes from a teacher that shares her experience of how AT changed her life and the improvement of the well-being of others.

01/11/2024

MSI 102 pg207 5.02.01 BY WALTER CARRINGTON What we were reading about last was the strongman Sandow,1 who claimed to have this enormous chest expansion. He was able to increase the size of his chest, it was claimed, by 14 inches, but this was due to the swelling of the muscles on the outside of the chest, rather than a real increase in the vital capacity, in the cubic capacity, inside....

Alexander Technique notes from a teacher that shares her experience of how AT changed her life and the improvement of the well-being of others.

01/11/2024

MSI 101 pg206 2.02.01 BY WALTER CARRINGTON Re-education, when one or other or all of these peculiarities or defects are present, means eradication of existing bad habits, and the following will indicate some of the chief principles upon which the teaching method of this re-education is based:1 So here you are, here are the chief principles on which the teaching method is based....

Alexander Technique notes from a teacher that shares her experience of how AT changed her life and the improvement of the well-being of others.

25/07/2024

"...if we project those messages which hold in check the familiar habitual reaction, and at the same time project the new messages which give free rein to the motor impulses associated with nervous and muscular energy along unfamiliar lines of communication, we shall be doing what [John] Dewey calls “thinking in activity.’’"

Alexander, F. Matthias. The Universal Constant in Living (pp. 111-112). Mouritz. Kindle Edition.

25/07/2024

If you want to know more about what the Alexander Technique can do for you here is my book recommendation, Body Learning by Michael J. Gelb. It has become a classic and has aged well with time. It is the most recommended book by teachers because it's not just an intro to the Alexander Technique but a support for the private lessons.

This is a new edition of a classic and I'm excited to read it soon and find the new material. I've read that he kept the main content of the old edition (1981) as it has been so praised. I know the original by heart. [The original translation to Spanish wasn't really good and I've made my own version.] This a classic made by a recent graduate at that time with a Foreword from Walter Carrington and now revised with 40 years of experienced.

If you find it interesting look for a teacher and use this book as a reference while you are having lessons.

Check out the 40th Anniversary edition ( Kindle only https://amzn.to/3gZC3KQ ) of my first book: BodyLearning: An Introduction to the Alexander Technique.

17/07/2024