# Alexander Technique
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The alexander technique, named after its developer Frederick Matthias Alexander (1869–1955), is an alternative therapy based on the idea that poor posture causes a range of health problems. The American National Center for Complementary and Integrative Health classifies it as a "psychological and physical" complementary approach to health when used "together with" mainstream conventional medicine.
Alexander began developing his technique's principles in the 1890s to address his own voice loss during public speaking.
234: Straight in Horses also means Level
Understanding how the two movements of the spine, lateral bending and rotation, affect each other is important if we want the best possible performance from horses. Rotational movements stabilizing, not moving, is what makes a horse's back and hindquarters level side to side. When we ask a horse to…
235: Waiting for Calmness
Calmness is the observable energy output from a regulated nervous system. When the parasympathetic portion of the autonomic nervous system is dominant, the body is in a "relaxation response." This does not mean resting, just a use of the body that supports long term survival. The opposite function …
Whole Body Wellness with guest Amanda Blair MacDonald!
Today’s episode continues our series on National Wellness Month where each week we’re interviewing a wellness practitioner aligned with the theater-making community.
And with that, today’s guest came to the performing arts early and never really left. She toured nationally and internationally as a…
Constructive Conscious Control of the Individual - F Matthias Alexander
F. Matthias Alexander was an Australian actor, author and educator, who is best known as the inventor of Alexander Technique, a method for "unlearning" acquired habits of movement and posture that are harmful or suboptimal, and allowing natural, healthy patterns of body use to emerge in their place…
What Your Posture Says Before You Say A Word — With Crispin Spaeth
In this episode SuperKate sits down with Crispin Spaeth, Alexander Technique teacher and movement educator, to talk about what's actually happening in our bodies when we walk into something challenging. Why we puff up when we're nervous. Why that puffing up disconnects us from the very presence we'…
Nervous system regulation and building capacity for this life with Jeri Silverman
Today our guest is Jeri Silverman, a Somatic Experiencing Practitioner and Alexander Technique teacher, based in Cape Town. Before coming to this work Jeri was a musician and actor in New York, and the frenetic pace of that life led her to discover tools that helped her feel safe and free in her bo…
Untangling the Loop: A Somatic Approach to Managing OCD
OCD can feel like a loop the mind can't think its way out of. In this episode, Alexander Technique teacher Nick Chapman explores how somatic, body-based approaches can help regulate the nervous system and loosen the grip of obsessive-compulsive patterns — working alongside established clinical trea…
Episode #015
From the pages of The Skeptic magazine, this is The Skeptic podcast, bringing you the best of the magazine's expert analysis of pseudoscience, conspiracy theory and claims of the paranormal since its relaunch as online news source in September 2020.
On this episode:
The conspiracy theorists scare…
Gwen Walker: Theatrical Intimacy and Alexander Technique tools for the Voice Studio
In this episode, I have a conversation with my wonderful colleague, Gwen Walker. We discuss her work as an Alexander teacher, how to create a non-binary voice studio, and her work as a theatrical Intimacy Educator. Gwen and I are part of the faculty at OneBody/OneVoice, an annual voice conference w…
238: Observing Without Judgement
The process of observing and then assigning meaning happens so fast in our nervous system that it takes practice to separate the two events. Often we have no idea we are even assigning meaning instead of just observing because our brains are predictive machines. It just feels normal to see somethin…
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