Friday, December 2, 1977
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There is no right way to direct, only direction.
On the street, I may see what I want to happen to me in the person ahead or me, or direct the person in the mirror.
Judy: “Like the Macy’s parade balloons, only expanded with energy rather than air.”
Must be willing to give up what you think is true.
Not to be rigid.
Putting hands on.
The more you are with yourself, aware of yourself, the more you are ware of the other person.
The teacher’s hand is an uncommitted hand. If you come with a commiteed hand you won’t feel what the person is doing.
Uncommitted hand is supported by an uncommitted body.
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.