Posts tagged liberation
Emergence

I'm thinking about Alexander technique as the art of allowing emergence. Allowing is the action and the emergence of that which is already true is the result. But in Alexander Technique we are not unbiased in what we allow (not just any allowing will result in emergence), we are directional, directing the allowing towards what is innate. And we know that what is innate to our organism is ease, efficiency, adaptability, brilliance, and whole health.

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Embodiment and liberation

As the weeks of isolation go on and we continue to confront our place and participation in Black oppression and liberation, it feels more and more critical to find embodiment. To that end, I am beginning to offer in person private lessons on a limited basis and am restarting the online group class.

I believe Alexander Technique is the study of freedom: freedom in our bodies, freedom from limiting patterns, freedom from oppressive belief systems, and that because we are fundamentally whole integrated beings, on some level there is no difference between freeing our necks from tension, freeing our minds from anxiety, and freeing our selves from beliefs of superiority or inferiority.

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