Yoga Master Plan, Week of 5/23/16
Yoga
Give Better Yoga Adjustments with the Alexander Technique
Yoga teachers giving adjustments has become a controversial issue in the yoga community. Classic yoga adjustments tend to be strong, manipulative and often invasive, with the teacher sometimes applying considerable force to push a student deeper into a stretch, or to get the student’s arms and legs into a particular position. If such an adjustment…
Yoga And The Alexander Technique: Parallel Inquiries Into Freeing The Self
On the face of it, Yoga and the Alexander Technique would seem to be two completely different disciplines. Comparing them would be like comparing a dog with an iPad. Although they originated in very different times from very different cultural traditions, and would appear to have emerged out of very different intentions, thematically, they do…
What is Yoga?
This post was originally published on YogaArtandScience.com. I’m re-publishing it here as part of my ongoing look at Yoga and the Alexander Technique] Soft lighting, soothing music, perhaps the gentle fragrance of incense or lavender oil in the air. A few inspiring words from an attractive and well-toned instructor. Easy stretches and calisthenics that build…
My Journey to Middle Age with Yoga and the Alexander Technique
(Photo by Gina de la Chesnaye) I came to Yoga in my mid-twenties suffering from anxiety and the effects of stress as a result of my job. I was working at the time as an assistant in the acting department at a boutique talent agency in New York. My work environment was aggressive and competitive….