Alexander technique: part 2

[grimmus1980]

How can it be so expensive ?

[vaneijck]

Great stuff to have this kind of exposure under the banner of BMJ!! But 6 lessons? Really?

[abstractforms]

How come most of these so-called "experts" in Alexander technique do not properly support their voice using breath control drawn from the diaphragm?

[awbrimmer]

Video cannot convey the power of this work. Skeptics: go try a lesson or two and see what you think (pun intended).

[ogfunk187]

@iknowyourtrix Alexander teachers ARE very well trained in anatomy and body mechanics.

[ytfarmer90]

@iknowyourtrix gonna have to try it for yourself. it works, i'm sure of it.

[timewaster16]

Somebody should use the kind of equipment and softeare used in gait analysis to measure and record what happens in an alexander lesson, the relationship of the head and neck to the back for example.

[brandygal9]

Disappointed. Part 2 doesn't demonstrate the technique, it's just an Informercial!

[brandygal9]

Disappointed. Part 2 doesn't demonstrate the technique. It's primarily an Informercial!

[backmagician]

branygal9, what do you mean by "demonstrate the technique"?

[Christabelle333]

That's because it's the British Medical Journal which is concerned with research.

[c1sumus1c]

very promising

[CrazeeCatrin]

is that baldrick from blackadder? tony robinson????

[qloudz]

rofl.

[newdeviceuk]

no-but i did think that a first too

[emanitudism]

"I wonder if the Alexander Technique isn't a fancy namesake for good body mechanics and healthy range of motion."

Interesting comment. The short answer is 'absolutely nothing of the sort'.

It's about regaining the natural way of moving that we, as animals, have in our early years, but which we unwittingly lose, distort, and habitually interfere with throughout our lives.

[ufo8mykat]

First, I must say that this kind of video is inspired, putting education on YouTube is wonderful.

Second, I wonder if the Alexander Technique isn't a fancy namesake for good body mechanics and healthy range of motion.

[lheuk12]

Good body mechanics and a healthy range of motion is what is caused when the alexander principles are put into play. The process by which we go about obtaining those things is what the alexander technique is about. I love hearing about people's first impressions. I love this work and I think it's super practical and super helpful but like anything else, it's really important to learn from really good teachers because it's very easy to turn an undoing process like the AT into a subtle doing.