Wednesday, December 13, 1978

Grounding of feet is essential to the lengthening process. Otherwise the student will not risk this step for fear of falling.

Any kind of movement involving the whole body can be used to free joints for walking, particularly figure eights, in and out of the chair, and going in and out of walking etc..

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While walking you want to keep the idea of a central axis of the body so that the arms can swing and the legs can dangle freely.

When walking, one is centered between the legs and always in balance. Senter goes with you, but you are not falling from one step to the other.

Idelle Packer, MS, PT, mAmSAT, certified teacher of the Alexander Technique, has been creatively exploring its broad application for over 35 years. In her private practice, Body Sense, in Asheville, NC, she teaches the Alexander Technique in context of physical therapy assessment and rehabilitation. She authored the chapter on the Alexander Technique in Springer Publishers’ Encyclopedia of Complementary Health Practices (1999). Her current passion is Contact Improvisation, a somatic and athletic improvisation form, to which she has been joyfully integrating the principles of the Technique over the past fifteen+ years.