|
|
|
|
San Rafael, CA phone 415.272.4811 | email janet@janetlott.com |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
What
is the Alexander Technique?
The Alexander Technique is an educational process that teaches
the client how to relieve neck and back pain (British Medical Journal),
prevent Repetitive Stress Injury, free the voice and breath, and improve
performance in any activity. The Technique is very popular with
musicians, singers, actors, equestrians, dancers and other high performance
athletes. What is it? The Alexander Technique offers a clear, systematic look into the
underlying principles that govern human movement. When applied, these
principles guide us to a dynamic experience of kinesthetic lightness –
thinking becomes clearer, feelings balanced, sensations livelier, and
movement more pleasurable. Within this integrated, more conscious
condition, we find our actions strengthened and refined, our sense of time
expanded, and our rapport with the environment restored. Who studies it? *Anyone who has physical or emotional discomfort due to stress,
postural habits, movement problems, old injuries, or poor self esteem. *Performing artists. *Athletes and martial artists. *Voice and movement educators. *Psychologists and physical therapists. *Public speakers and business professionals. *Equestrians (Sally Swift, Centered Riding). What is it? “The Alexander Technique is not a method of accumulating
information nor the art of learning something new. It is, instead, the
art of unlearning, which is more subtle and, sometimes, a more difficult
endeavor – unlearning that which is habitual, instead of natural;
letting go of old patterns and of those repetitious opinions arrived at in
times and circumstances totally different from those of the
present.” Laura Huxley, Author, Educator,
Humanitarian
|
