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The Usual Suspects 4.28.17

Alexander Technique Mobile Posted on May 11, 2017 by Al WarshMay 11, 2017

This picture was take by Malu Silverman, the woman on the right side of the picture, at our practice area in New Orleans.  I am on the left. In the middle is Aedh.  Age range of the group is 15 … Continue reading →

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Ghost Bikes

Alexander Technique Mobile Posted on April 15, 2017 by Al WarshApril 19, 2017

This is a spontaneous monument by an anonymous artist “Dedicated to Every Cyclist in New Orleans Killed or Injured by Motorists.”  The city tried taking it down the day before I took this but only got two bikes.  They say … Continue reading →

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WALL SQUAT 1.1.16

Alexander Technique Mobile Posted on January 3, 2016 by Al WarshJanuary 3, 2016

I’m 8 inches lower than when I started to practice my wall squat.  Only 19 more inches to go!  And progressing. Not practicing enough.

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Sphere, not circle 10.24.15

Alexander Technique Mobile Posted on October 24, 2015 by Al WarshOctober 24, 2015

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 →

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Wall squat 10.10.15

Alexander Technique Mobile Posted on October 10, 2015 by Al WarshOctober 10, 2015

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 →

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“I can’t believe…” 9.20.15

Alexander Technique Mobile Posted on September 20, 2015 by Al WarshSeptember 20, 2015

“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 →

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Wall squat revisited 9.1.15

Alexander Technique Mobile Posted on September 1, 2015 by Al WarshSeptember 1, 2015

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 →

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Wall Squat RIP 8.30.15

Alexander Technique Mobile Posted on August 30, 2015 by Al WarshAugust 30, 2015

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 →

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Minimum Practice 6.27.15

Alexander Technique Mobile Posted on June 27, 2015 by Al WarshJune 27, 2015

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 →

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End Gaining and the Wall Squat 6.8.15

Alexander Technique Mobile Posted on June 8, 2015 by Al WarshSeptember 20, 2015

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 →

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