The alexandertech's Podcast

Lunchtime Lie-down 5 - the body resets itself

If we stop and get out of our own way, our bodies know how to release and find natural, resilient co-ordination again. Lying down is a good way to invite this process in ourselves. Try it and see!

Lunchtime Lie-down 4 - wrists, ankles, jaw and Alexander thinking

We continue our practice of lying down - again considering how we 'carry' the actions and activities of the day with us in our muscles and nervous system, and then playing with the quality of thinking that best enables us to release tension and fully rest - paying some particular attention today to the joints at ankles, wrists and jaw.

Lunchtime Lie-down 3 - Inviting the body to release

Today we look at how we can invite our bodies to release tension, rather than ordering ourselves around - and especially how attending to the jaw, tongue and throat can help prompt deeper release when we lie down.

Lunchtime Lie-down 2 - Habit

"How you do anything is how you do everything." Does that ring true for you? Come and lie-down, rest and recharge, and learn a little more about your habits and how you can release the ones that don't serve you any more.

Lunchtime Lie-down 1: Awareness

We explore the first principle of Alexander Technique, Awareness. What is actually happening in me? What happens when I ask that question?

Checking in with the nervous system - sitting, standing, walking

Are you in alert-mode? Or calm? Or somewhere in between? It's a deceptively simple, powerful question. Consider whether your body is in the red zone of a stress-response, or the green zone of 'all's well', and take that into sitting, standing and walking.

Lying down, long wide spine, head movements

We explore how the head moves in sitting or standing, lie down, and then see how those head movements are afterwards

Space around, in lying down and walking

Do you feel spacious? Or cramped? Does the question make sense? Discover how our imagining of the space we inhabit affects how we breathe, think and feel...

Sitting - breath, sitting bones, feet, space around

A short practice in sitting - and as a bonus, see if your walking changes!

Lying down, Alexander thinking, arms and legs, pausing before movement

A lie-down, with a chance to explore the art of Alexander thinking and pausing