Bristol Alexander Technique - Claire Coveney MSTAT, Alexander Technique Teacher
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The Alexander Technique will help you to increase poise, freedom, fluidity and presence. Rediscover balance and poise, use appropriate tension and let go of habits that can cause stress, pain or under-performance.
Bristol Alexander Technique - Claire Coveney MSTAT, Alexander Technique Teacher
2y ago
If you have ever experienced stress or anxiety (there won’t be many of us who haven’t), you will probably recall a feeling that came with this. Even thinking about this now you may notice somewhere in your body that tells you that you are feeling stressed or anxious. Maybe your shoulders have become tense or your breathing has changed. Perhaps you notice your heart rate increase or a feeling or ‘butterflies’ or discomfort in your digestive system. In extreme states of stress you might become irrational, angry, feel unable to breathe or think straight, feel faint, nauseous or unable to sleep.
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Bristol Alexander Technique - Claire Coveney MSTAT, Alexander Technique Teacher
3y ago
"At the end of the exhale
Breath surrenders to quietude.
For a moment you hang in the balance -
Suspended
In the fertile spaciousness
That is the source of breath.
At the end of the inhale,
Filled with the song of the breath,
There is a moment when you are simply
Holding the tender mystery.
In these interludes,
Experience opens into exquisite vastness
With no beginning and no end.
Embrace this infinity wtihout reservation.
You are its vessel. "
from a translation of the Vigyana Bhairava Tantra - called the Radiance Sutras ..read more
Bristol Alexander Technique - Claire Coveney MSTAT, Alexander Technique Teacher
4y ago
Often when we think of posture we think of something held in a certain position. In fact the word posture is derived from the Latin verb ‘ponere’ meaning to put or place and from the noun ‘positura’ meaning position so it’s not really surprising.
However in the late 16th century when the word came to England it was used to denote the relative position of one thing to another.
Using the word posture in this latter way for me is better (although still not a perfect description), as it creates the idea of the possibility of movement. Posture can then be used to describe a snapshot of any movement ..read more
Bristol Alexander Technique - Claire Coveney MSTAT, Alexander Technique Teacher
5y ago
This is a question that I hope someone might ask when I talk about my running courses but perhaps people are just too polite…And the answer is simply yes. However anyone who runs or has run, or has even watched people out for a run knows that it it seems to look hard work, painful even. And don't runners get bad knees? So while the answer is simply yes, there are often ways that we can interfere with our running and even worse we don't even know that we are doing it! We only know when we get injured or just find running really hard work.So just like we might take lessons to learn to play the g ..read more