Pilates and Alexander Technique

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Breathing In and Up

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A fundamental aspect of the pilates method is breath, though I notice it is often one of the last things anyone feels like focusing on in class. Or, when I cue “deep breathing”, I can hear one deep breathe occur, and then its back to the shallow breathing! I understand, really- its challenging to […]


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A Way to Release Neck Tension

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My Alexander Technique teacher, Joan Arnold, pointed out something to me during one of our sessions. That day, I was complaining about upper back and neck tension that was giving me terrible Tension Headaches. She saw that I was holding a lot of tension in my jaw, as though I was subconscious clenching my teeth […]