The Myth of "Doing" Good Posture If you’ve ever been told to “sit up straight” or “pull your shoulders back,” you’ve likely experienced the exhausting effort of “doing” good posture. You tense your muscles, hold your breath, and crea...

The Myth of "Doing" Good Posture

Although the #AlexanderTechnique is best known for improving "posture", it's more a reboot for your entire neuromuscular system, finding the maximum availability you have for functional movement.

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Your posture is your relationship with your environment. Make it a positive one.

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I keep hearing ~internal influences asking me--using her long-gone nym--how a now-dead gf of mine from '90s would respond to...then fade. Maybe they seek if she'd approve of what I detect are my neuropatterns so inhibited I'm not even carrying them out in 1st place. #mentalhealth #AlexanderTechnique

This may come as a surprise, but you can’t feel gravity directly, only it's knock on affects.

For us that means the upwards acceleration of the ground pushing up through your feet.

You are not being pulled down, but pushed up.

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Is Your Posture Ageing You? Let’s have a fireside chat about something we all feel but rarely discuss without feeling guilty that we're not just having a good moan: that nagging sense of stiffness, that unexpected sigh when you ...

Is your posture ageing you?

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That's my day made 🙂

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The Posture-Stress Connection We’ve all heard the commands to “Sit up straight!”, “Pull your shoulders back!”, “Don’t slouch!” In our quest for “good posture,” we often turn ourselves into rigid, held, and frankly uncomfortable st...

Why improved posture and stress management go hand in hand.

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Your muscles are not too weak, they usually work too much all the time!

Want to learn more about a constructive and conscious approach?

Let me know! 😊👍

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Beyond Painkillers: How the Alexander Technique Offers Lasting Relief for Chronic Back & Neck Pain Chronic back pain and chronic neck pain can be debilitating, affecting your work, sleep, and joy. You may have tried medication, chiropractic adjustments, massage, or even considered surgery, yet the ...

Although the #AlexanderTechnique is best known for improving "posture", it's more a reboot for your entire neuromuscular system, finding the maximum availability you have for functional movement.

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Yay, just received a new Google review 🎺🙂

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Are you sitting comfortably? 4-week course starts Wed 28 Jan, 7–8.30pm; £90; Portobello, Edinburgh. Hunching over your laptop, sofa slouching, or battling thro a stressful day? Untangle yourself, be more effective & less stressed thro #AlexanderTechnique. Book/find out more: julia-woodman.co.uk

10 Common Alexander Technique Myths As the Alexander Technique somewhat flies under the radar (unfortunately) for the general population, despite being popular with many celebrities and recommended by the NHS and NICE guidelines, there'...

As the #AlexanderTechnique somewhat flies under the radar (unfortunately) for the general population, despite being popular with many celebrities and recommended by the NHS and NICE guidelines (NG71), there's a lot of misunderstanding about it.

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Are you sitting comfortably? 4-week course starts Wed 28 Jan, 7–8.30pm; £90; Portobello, Edinburgh. Hunching over your laptop, sofa slouching, or battling thro a stressful day? Untangle yourself, be more effective & less stressed thro #AlexanderTechnique. Book/find out more: julia-woodman.co.uk

So why, you may ask, are you not moving upwards. A reasonable question. Because in curved space-time you have to accelerate just to stand still. That's as true for the ground as it is for a helicopter in the air. Einstein's General Relativity.

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Selling the Invisible: Why We Talk About Posture There's greater depth to the Alexander Technique than the way it's often marketed. I'm equally guilty of this for practical reasons, you have to meet people where they are. We live in a culture of ima...

Why we talk about #posture

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Why you find keeping a good posture so hard.

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(Damn I hate filming myself!)

Finding Postural Ease: Why Your Weight Is Your Support If you’ve ever been to an Alexander Technique lesson, you’ve likely heard your teacher use the word “support.” Or maybe you've read about it. We often talk about “allowing your head to release forward...

Achieving effortless posture with the #AlexanderTechnique 🙂

(With a little help from Einstein's Theory of General Relativity!🥸)

#backpain #balance #mobility

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Don't Over Think The Alexander Technique So, you’ve discovered the Alexander Technique. You’re reading books or working with a teacher, and you’re diligently practicing your directions: "Let the neck be free, to let the head go forward and u...

For those that have had some introduction to the #AlexanderTechnique

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The Secret Life Between the Notes: Why Your Guitar Technique Lives in the Transition We've all been there. Staring at a tricky passage, fingers tensed, mind laser-focused on that next note or chord. We tense, we lunge, we grit our teeth... and often, we stumble. OK, slight overkill, b...

Why your #guitar technique lives between the notes.

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I interviewed my dad, Tony Visconti, about #AlexanderTechnique and how it can help everyone, not just musicians!

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Tired of Quick Fixes That Don't Last? You’ve felt it for years. That nagging tension in your neck and shoulders. The lower back that aches after a long day at the desk. The thought: "If I could just find the right ergonomic chair, the per...

Well, who isn't?!

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Drowning in Distraction for Our Fear of The Quiet. When we think about the Alexander Technique, we often focus on its profound ability to help us stop over-reacting to stimuli. We learn to…

Drowning in distraction.

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Finding Yourself in the Silence: The Alexander Technique and Our Fear of Quiet When we think about the Alexander Technique, we often focus on its profound ability to help us stop over-reacting to stimuli. We learn to notice the impulse to hunch over a screen, to grip the steerin...

We're drowning in distraction

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Demystifying the Jargon: A Glossary of Key Alexander Technique Terms So, you’ve heard about the Alexander Technique. Maybe a friend mentioned it helped their back pain, or you read that actors and musicians use it to improve their performance. You’re curious, but then ...

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The Strength Myth: Why Coordination is the Real Powerhouse (An Alexander Technique Perspective) We're all familiar with it, the gym bro straining under heavy weights, face contorted, breath held, muscles bulging. The cultural narrative screams: That’s strength! But what if this picture represent...

The Strength Myth: Why Coordination is the Real Powerhouse

My latest blog 🙂

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I bought a wobble board, still getting used to it 😁

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Your Secret Upgrade for Smoother, Smarter Functioning (Mind & Body Included!) Improved functioning sounds kinda… technical. Like a software update for your toaster. But what if I told you the Alexander Technique offers the ultimate human upgrade? And it’s not about adding more ...

Your Secret Upgrade for Smoother, Smarter Functioning (Mind & Body Included!)

#AlexanderTechnique #selfcare #selfimprovement #posture #backpain

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Don't Chase The Dragon: Why the Alexander Technique "Wow" Feeling Isn't the Goal One of the easiest traps to fall into when learning the Alexander Technique is the desire to repeat that first big “wow” moment—the feeling of lightness, ease, or spaciousness that often follows a les...

Don't Chase The Dragon: Why the #AlexanderTechnique "Wow" Feeling Isn't the Goal

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Recently went to @trinecjensen.bsky.social ‘s Movement course at OMUK focusing on #AlexanderTechnique & #PerformanceCapture it helped me get a stronger more grounded performance as an #Actor , such an incredible experience! Authentic & aware body movement is so important! #VoiceActor #VoiceActing