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June 2017 Natural Running Weekend Course
Alexander TechniqueNatural running course SATURDAY am Introduction: a Force of Nature? For the duration of the 4 three-hour blocks of exploration on the weekend course you were invited to regard yourself as a Force of Nature. For some years now this invitation forms the beginning of every Natural Running course. Many years ...
Read MoreMy body/ THE BODY
Alexander Technique Barefoot Running MindfulnessThe relationship between my body and THE BODY To qualify as part of the human race, to be referred to as being “human” means to be involved with two entities: my body and THE BODY. The relationship between my body and THE BODY can be insightfully likened to the ...
Read MoreAnger Blog 3
Alexander Technique MindfulnessLooking into the mirror of anger. This is the third in a series of blogs exploring negative emotion in general and the nature of anger in particular. This blog contains some deeply personal reflections on my relationship with my father and some of the implications of his harrowing experiences as ...
Read MoreThe barefoot riverbank adventure
Barefoot RunningThe Great Banks of the River Swale Adventure Listen to the Sound of Silence: this is a game that we've just made up. As softly and sweetly as possible you sing the last line of the famous Paul Simon song. Wait poised and silent for 2 or 3 seconds. Then on the ...
Read MorePut on your shoes
MindfulnessI am on the train journey returning from a golden week-long holiday in Granada. We both wanted a low-key celebration for our 50th wedding anniversary. The weather and the setting truly came up for the occasion. It has been a week bathed in the golden weather of paradise: air so ...
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