The Alexander Technique is a way of learning to move mindfully through life. The Alexander process shines a light on inefficient habits of movement and patterns of accumulated tension, which interfere with our innate ability to move easily and according to how we are designed. It’s a simple yet powerful approach that offers the opportunity to take charge of one’s own learning and healing process, because it’s not a series of passive treatments but an active exploration that changes the way one thinks and responds in activity. It produces a skill set that can be applied in every situation. Lessons leave one feeling lighter, freer, and more grounded.
That’s vitally important in the modern culture we live in. It is so easy to become overwhelmed by the constant barrage of information and other stimuli coming at us every day, and so we shut down and get disconnected -- from ourselves and from one another. Alexander Technique is the work that reintegrates. It is a completely sustainable approach to living.
Every description of Alexander Technique should come with a disclaimer in the form of an aphorism from FM. In this case: "Don't you see that if you 'get' perfection today, you will be farther away from perfection than you have ever been?"
ReplyDeleteIt's difficult, though. It's like asking people to come hear comedy that has no punch lines. They think it won't be funny, because they think they already know what comedy is.
I think descriptions are by nature always evolving. I long ago gave up thinking I had to come up with some acceptable "definition" of this work. It's like trying to define what "human" means. That's what we are here to find out. Once you fully understand what it means to be human, you probably don't need to be one anymore.
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