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Hands on the back of a chair?

How practising ‘Hands on the back of a chair’ helps you in everyday life.

Alexander Technique, Attending to the process, Habits of movement, Process over end-result, Reducing muscular tensionKathryn MinogueFebruary 8, 2024housework, tight neck, hunched shoulders, tight jaw, AT thinking, elastic, resilientComment

'Quick, you can still grab FREE ...'

How to react when you’re urged to reach further, faster, harder …

Alexander Technique, Attending to the process, Benefit of Active Rest, Change our response, Habitual reactions, Reducing muscular tension, StoppingKathryn MinogueDecember 17, 2023grab, FOMO, reactive response, just enogh pressure, reacting appropriatelyComment

Making and creating

Use your Alexander Technique skills to help you craft an object

Alexander Technique, Sitting well, Reducing muscular tension, Attending to the process, Process over end-resultKathryn MinogueJanuary 17, 2023inhibition, means-whereby, end-gaining, move in a balanced wayComment

Finding space

River Ouse between Southease and Rodmell

Alexander Technique, Change our response, Habits of movement, Reducing muscular tension, Responding to stressKathryn MinogueOctober 3, 2022faulty sensory awareness, habitual hunching, use al our senses, outdoors, uitwaaien, stay back in your backComment

On my bike

Allow your environment to support you and help you lighten up a little

Responding to stress, Reducing muscular tensionKathryn MinogueApril 2, 2021lighten up, forward and up, feel calmer, shoulders widen, lungs expanding, surge of energy, rhythm of pedalling, problems into perspective, stop the stressComment

3 things to do in the supermarket queue

Unlocking your knees, finding your balance, and taking up all the space you need

Alexander Technique, Reducing muscular tension, Power of habitsKathryn MinogueJuly 18, 2020Alexander Technique LewesQueuing, locked knees, balance, lower back tension, using the sensesComment

Lighten up: a talk-through with chair

Listen to the audio and learn to sit with ease

Change our response, Reducing muscular tension, Responding to stressKathryn MinogueApril 9, 2020sitting bones, releasing, self-careComment

Don't let Christmas be a pain ...

How to look after your back during the holiday season

Back Care, Alexander Technique, Benefit of Active Rest, Responding to stress, Reducing muscular tensionKathryn MinogueDecember 23, 2019ChristmasComment

Dough

Good things often take time … and Alexander Technique is a skill for life

Alexander Technique, Benefit of Active Rest, Reducing muscular tension, Responding to stress, StoppingKathryn MinogueOctober 27, 2019focaccia, yeast dough, slowing down, life skillsComment

Living in the now

Alexander Technique, Reducing muscular tension, Responding to stressKathryn MinogueMarch 17, 2019muscular tension, living in the nowComment

Why Active Rest is different from Relaxation

Why Active Rest is different from Relaxation

Alexander Technique, Benefit of Active Rest, Reducing muscular tensionKathryn MinogueOctober 14, 2018active rest, lying horizontal, over-tight muscles, verteberal discs, stimulus responseComment

"I love ironing!"

Reducing muscular tensionKathryn MinogueMarch 28, 2018thinking in activity, bend at the hips and knees, ironing, power of habitComment

4-week back care course in Lewes

Back Care, Alexander Technique, Benefit of Active Rest, Reducing muscular tensionKathryn MinogueJanuary 1, 2018unhelpful habits, Alexander Technique course Lewes, safely lift weights Lewes

My first of three tips to keep you moving with ease this Christmas

My first of three tips to keep you moving with ease this Christmas

Reducing muscular tension, Alexander TechniqueKathryn MinogueDecember 18, 2017Think in activity, moving thoughtlessly, rushing to get the job done, move in a balanced way, move in a released way, loading up the car, stuck in traffic, don't grip steering wheel, don't tighten shoulders, children's beautiful posture