Friday, December 16, 1977

We had a discussion about directing as a non-endgaining activity. It was suggested that the work is about giving yourself more space. Direction is not a movement. Direction is a thought. Movement is a result of direction. Direction precedes movement, and integrates and releases through movement.

A lot of teachers want the technique for themselves and the teaching is a wa of being in the work continuously.

Direction can take place after inhibition has prevented old habits.

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.