Sphere, not circle 10.24.15
Aedh’s been telling me for years to bend at the hips, that’s one reason I do the wall squat–it requires this to be successful. For the past year or so he has been talking about as the hips go back … Continue reading →
Wall squat 10.10.15
Aedh has always said the only way to successfully do this is open the hips. It combines strength and flexibility with feet together requiring far more strength, and feet wide apart requiring more flexibility in the hips. He compromised at … Continue reading →
“I can’t believe…” 9.20.15
“I can’t believe I did not show you this in the beginning!” Aedh. It’s a simple, and central to the every day practice of tai chi, exercise that goes, big toe, little toe, heel and then the other foot the … Continue reading →
Wall squat revisited 9.1.15
Aedh said perseverance and tenacity are two uniquely human traits, that these are what define us. We were doing a push hands drill involving folding at the hips and sinking the tailbone. He commented that this was just like in … Continue reading →
Wall Squat RIP 8.30.15
Having practiced the wall squat daily for almost 9 months, I find that I am not progressing in my squat, as marked on the wall. So, I quit. It is not just the lack of progress that causes me to … Continue reading →
Minimum Practice 6.27.15
This morning was the shortest time I have had to get ready in many years. And I still got minimum practices in, 8 min each tai chi and Alexander. The tai chi has evolved into 2 min of the CMC … Continue reading →
End Gaining and the Wall Squat 6.8.15
End gaining is going for a goal at any cost, without regard to how we get there. It is obviously one of the purposes of the Alexander Technique to improve our means of getting to our goals more efficiently and … Continue reading →
World Tai Chi Day 2015
Last Saturday was World Tai Chi Day and at 10 AM about 40 of us from 3 different schools all did our tai chi, or qi gung as had all the time zones before us. It was a very pleasant … Continue reading →
Alexander Technique 4.9.15
Body Intelligence 19 hrs · Alexander Technique is an educational process through which you learn to identify and change harmful habits of posture, tension and reaction From Imogen Ragone, Facebook “How’s it feeling?” Lisa Lutton Good! Al Warsh … Continue reading →
NEW ORLEANS ALEXANDER TECHNIQUE 4.6.15
I’m coming up on my 4th week teaching in New Orleans and it has been a very pleasant experience. Lots of experienced students are coming back and staying, so my slots are filling up. I’ve yet to teach a 5 … Continue reading →