Alexander Technique
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Northumbria songs and images
Alexander TechniquePlease enjoy the haunting ancient music and images of the Borderlands of the NorthEast. https://youtu.be/Qe2-fod03iQ
Read MoreReflections, Reminiscence and Leaps of Imagination
Alexander Technique MindfulnessBeautiful light-reflective bubbles. I am up to my elbows in fairy liquid rainbows - washing-up the pots in the deep stainless-steel campsite sink. 52 years ago, in 1968, I stood in exactly the same spot engaged in just the same routine. Things tend to change slowly on a farm. Back in the ...
Read MoreSurvival 1
Alexander Technique MindfulnessBewildered. Bemused. Here I stand in the lobby of Bashful Alley in the middle of Lancaster. I am surrounded by Posters, Government Warnings and Guidelines. About my feet: sticky black and yellow floor tape-arrows. 'Please do not enter the building if you are… ' 'Stand apart' The 1 metre and 2 metre ...
Read MoreThe stillpoint of the turning world
Alexander Technique MindfulnessHave you noticed how much the word “unprecedented" is bandied around every day by the media? It is as if the current crisis came completely out of the blue! Certainly the Covid-19 pandemic has been preceded by a complex interwoven set of events. It is important to examine these. There ...
Read MoreCORE PRINCIPLES 1
Alexander Technique MindfulnessSlowing down any action can make the ordinary extraordinary. Great art can do that too and it's like turning a base-metal to gold. Any action you make in the world does not begin with muscles twitching and contracting. Much has happened before muscles get in on the act! The beginning ...
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