Learning to Exhale…Poise and Ease
We start by stopping. That is what I’ve said to my students for years, now. Just pause; literally stop whatever you’re doing and pause. Find yourself on your feet. Where is your weight? Is it … Continue reading →
Tag Archives: poise
Developing Shape: Rebalancing
Developing shape has been one of my focal points since early this year. Here is one of a number of bits and pieces, in no particular order… about Alexander Technique and Dance and Finding a New Shape, I dictated this … Continue reading →
Learning from Long-Necked Flamingos – Feeling Free!
Hello my friends, I was in San Diego over the weekend and had a wonderful morning at the world famous San Diego Zoo. It’s a great place – I used to hang out there quite a bit when I lived … Continue reading →
Got Posture? Come to the Dark Side
Hello my friends, Have you been fighting Nature? I do it daily. I sweep my patio only to look at the path next to it, buried in leaves, knowing someone with a leaf blower will come around and blow half … Continue reading →
How Did Hunters Sit Still for so Long? Didn’t it Hurt? How Do You Sit for So Long? What to Do?
Every now and then I wonder how early hunters sat silent and still for hours on end in their duck blinds, or crouched silently in the bush waiting for deer to come down the trail. Didn’t their bodies hurt? Never … Continue reading →
Seven Tips for Lightness and Ease – Day Seven!
Hello my friends, I like feeling a sense of expansion rather than compression. Here’s something that works for me. Your body takes up a certain amount of space. Here’s a thought-experiment to expand your awareness to include the … Continue reading →
Seven Tips for Lightness and Ease – Day Five!
Hello my friends, Do you sit for long periods of time? If you do, there’s often a tendency to curl down the front of your body and lose good posture. Here’s a mini-exercise to counteract that: Pause … Continue reading →
Movement-Based Class for Freedom in the Body and Better Posture
Hello my friends! Happy Spring! Come to a small (6 people max) movement-based class for freedom in the body and better posture without tension. Class runs monthly and the new cycle begins this coming Wednesday, May 3! I have room … Continue reading →
A Gift for You – Free Alexander Technique MP3. Ease Tension from Your Neck and Back
It’s about love. It’s odd because I felt so alone and yet so full of love, today. Earlier this morning, I was thinking about love. I felt it, I let myself mentally roll around in the good feeling, like … Continue reading →
Up on Your Toes – No Effort. Is it Possible?
Here’s the thing. How do I share something that might be useful to a dancer with you? What if you could come up on your toes more easily, with less effort, just float up there like a child’s game? It’s … Continue reading →