28 May The Year I Became Al
By Alan Bignell Turning back the Clock Alan Bignell, one of the teachers at the Bloomsbury Alexander Centre has just published a book. It's a memoir of his first year in Canada after he emigrated there over half a century ago. That was some years before he came...
08 Jan FREE WORKSHOPS IN THE ALEXANDER TECHNIQUE FOR PEOPLE LIVING WITH PARKINSON'S
Living with Parkinson's – Exploring Possibilities with the Alexander Technique A free workshop in London for people living with Parkinson's and their carers – Sponsored by Parkinson's UK and further subsidised by the Walter Carrington Educational Trust Maximum 12 participants Location: Alexander Technique Centre, Imperial Wharf 13...
By Diana Faber pupil of Michelle Cole Background: I have degenerative arthritis in my spine. Thus, for some years I suffered constant low back, neck and shoulder pain. I started regular Alexander Technique lessons with Michelle about 2 years ago and I practice semi-supine twice a day....
10 Apr Alexander Technique, Inhibition and Autopilot by Alan Bignell
I recently flewback to the UK from a family holiday in Brazil. Our plane, a spanking new Boeing 777 almost certainly flew a good part of the 11 hour journey on autopilot and these days may even have landed on it too.What on earth has...
31 Mar Cycling Tips from an Alexander Technique Teacher By Michelle Cole
I'm passionate about cycling. I've been so for longer than I've been teaching the Alexander Technique which is more than 20 years. After a short break from cycling as a teenager, I reconnected with cycling in my 20's in a dramatic way, taking a bicycle...
03 Mar From Bin Man to Alexander Technique Teacher by Joe Detnon
It all started when I was working as a Recycling Operative. My job was to go from house to house filling a 40-litre box with all the tins, bottles and cans that had been left out for collection. When my box got full I would...
17 Feb Alexander Technique for Parkinson's By Antonella Cavallone
Recently, I took part in a very interesting weekend workshop looking at how people with Parkinson's and their carers can benefit from the Alexander Technique. The workshop highlighted the potential of how the Technique's direct work with the cognitive functions can teach people living with...
07 Feb Searching for a sofa by Alan Bignell
Last weekend my wife and I went to buy a couple of new sofas. Our first stop was a large Swedish outlet on the North Circular Road. As an Alexander teacher, my main priority, after finding a design we both liked, was checking that it had...
18 Jan The Spine by Brita Forsstrom
Did you know that the cartilage discs between the vertebrae in your spine are largely made of water, especially the inner nucleus? During waking hours, which we spend mostly in an upright position, standing walking or sitting (and admit it, often slumped), these discs become compressed...