ACAT Alumni Cate McNider and Brooke Lieb discuss how Cate added Alexander Technique to the modalities she uses to support her clients.
Read moreHow are you doing?: Looking at how Allostatic Overload is Impacting Our Well-being
How are you doing?: Looking at how Allostatic Overload is Impacting Our Well-being
When I began my Alexander Technique teaching practice in 1989, my focus was on performing artists and helping people improve their posture and live with less pain.
Fast forward to 2020, when the Covid-19 Pandemic upended a way of life, and - perhaps for the first time- people who historically weren't so vulnerable to the ebbs and flows of resources and economies, found themselves part of the global trauma.
Read moreSensation is an unreliable witness
Sensation is an unreliable witness
by Brooke Lieb (originally published here)
One hallmark of Alexander’s work was his recognition that the way things feel is not a precise measure of what is actually going on.
Read moreThinking to muscles
Thinking to muscles..
Last week, I wrenched my back lifting an air conditioner out of the window. It was a pinching, shooting pain when I moved in certain ways. I finished carrying the air conditioner into the other room to tuck it away in a closet, and then I lay down on my teaching table.
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