Potential connections between Deep Brain Reorienting and the Alexander Technique Our predictive brain is always trying to care for us. How can we care for it? One of your brain’s biggest jobs is to sort through a lovely abundance of sensory information and choose what is most essential for your wellbeing. This goes relatively smoothly … Read more
Nervous system literacy with the Alexander Technique Today’s post is about the wholeness of your central nervous system, and thus the wholeness of your felt human experience. Yet the complexity of our nervous system can cloud functional understanding. We are organisms composed of trillions of microscopic parts. There are at least 200 different kinds of … Read more
an Alexander Technique practice with cranial nerves 9 and 10 This week’s video guides you through a gentle, immersive practice for greater ease and fluidity in both swallowing and speaking. The focus is on cranial nerves 9 (the glossopharyngeal) and 10 (the vagus) but also included is a quick warm up journey through cranial nerves … Read more
An Alexander Technique based somatic practice Compassion has been on my bodymind lately. As a buddhist, I have found that sitting zazen seems to cultivate compassion. It arises on it’s own, sometimes when I don’t want it to. Depending on context, there is always someone folks don’t want you to have compassion for, yet it … Read more