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One-Minute Practice: Have Your Own Back

Alexander Technique with Constance Clare-Newman Posted on October 6, 2020 by ConstanceOctober 6, 2020

With even more attention in front of us on screens these days, it’s even more important to embody our whole selves, which includes our backs. It’s challenging anytime, since we are very front-oriented creatures, with our eyes in front of … Continue reading →

Posted in ONE-MINUTE PRACTICES | Tagged attention, awareness, back, balance, center, ONE-MINUTE PRACTICES, pelvis, posture, practice, spine, support | Leave a reply

Texting in Balance

Alexander Technique with Constance Clare-Newman Posted on August 31, 2015 by ConstanceAugust 31, 2015

Take a moment to pick up and look at your phone. Notice what you did with your head, face, neck, shoulders. No judgment, just awareness. Put it down, and this time, as you pick it up, think of letting your … Continue reading →

Posted in ONE-MINUTE PRACTICES | Tagged Alexander, attention, awareness, back, conscious, depth, ease, energy, head, length, movement, neck, ONE-MINUTE PRACTICES, pain, postural, posture, presence, sense, spine, Technique, tense, tension, text, texting, width | Leave a reply

One-Minute Practice: Walking in Balance

Alexander Technique with Constance Clare-Newman Posted on April 23, 2015 by ConstanceApril 23, 2015

Everyone knows walking is good for your health, but how you walk is crucial to the health of your feet, knees, hips and back. To walk with less tightness or compression and more ease and efficiency, try this: First, sense … Continue reading →

Posted in ONE-MINUTE PRACTICES | Tagged Alexander, awareness, back, balance, compression, conscious, kinesthetic, mindful, movement, ONE-MINUTE PRACTICES, posture, sensation, spaciousness, spine, upright, walking | Leave a reply

One-Practice: Being Present In Your Body

Alexander Technique with Constance Clare-Newman Posted on October 7, 2014 by ConstanceOctober 7, 2014

Bring your awareness to your feet. Let them rest on the ground and feel the soles of your feet widen into the floor. Sense the many bones in the feet and think of allowing a little space between those bones. … Continue reading →

Posted in ONE-MINUTE PRACTICES | Tagged Alexander, attention, awareness, back, balance, breath, breathe, conscious, core, disc, ease, mindful, notice, observe, ONE-MINUTE PRACTICES, presence, sensation, space, spaciousness, spine, vertebrae

One-Minute Practice: Tensegrity Support

Alexander Technique with Constance Clare-Newman Posted on October 4, 2012 by ConstanceOctober 4, 2012

Tensegrity is a term coined by engineer Buckminster Fuller meaning an integrity of tension. The right amount of tension allows for an integrity of structure with internal space at a maximum. In humans, the muscular-skeletal system is very much like … Continue reading →

Posted in ONE-MINUTE PRACTICES | Tagged Alexander, back, balance, bone, breath, compression, contraction, expand, integration, mindful, mobility, movement, muscular, ONE-MINUTE PRACTICES, sacrum, spine, Technique, tensegrity, torso, upright

One-Minute Practice: Standing into Length

Alexander Technique with Constance Clare-Newman Posted on September 5, 2012 by ConstanceSeptember 5, 2012

From childhood we are admonished to “stand up straight.” We learned to pull our shoulders back, lift our chests, and then try to hold that position.  But this position is unsustainable! Because it is hugely inefficient. So we drop down, … Continue reading →

Posted in ONE-MINUTE PRACTICES | Tagged Alexander, back, balance, compression, ease, gravity, mindful, mobility, muscular, ONE-MINUTE PRACTICES, patterns, postural, posture, re-balance, sense, standing, tension, upright

One-Minute Practice: Doing the Dishes with More Ease

Alexander Technique with Constance Clare-Newman Posted on June 24, 2011 by ConstanceJune 24, 2011

Even a task as simple as doing the dishes can mean bunched up muscles, raised shoulders, and tight legs. Or you could do the dishes with softer musculature, free joints, and balanced mobility. The former contributes to a state of … Continue reading →

Posted in ONE-MINUTE PRACTICES | Tagged Alexander, awareness, back, breath, compression, conscious, ease, gravity, jaw, mindful, mobility, neck, pain, patterns, postural, posture, presence, sensation, standing, strain, stress, Technique

One-Minute Practice: Working Well at Your Computer

Alexander Technique with Constance Clare-Newman Posted on May 1, 2011 by ConstanceMay 1, 2011

First, bring your whole body into awareness. Sit on the chair so that you notice the weight on your seat bones, you can let your feet lie flat on the floor, and let your torso balance in neutral over the … Continue reading →

Posted in ONE-MINUTE PRACTICES | Tagged Alexander, back, body, carpal, conscious, environment, ergonomic, flexible, injuries, keyboarding, lifting, mechanics, movement, muscular, ONE-MINUTE PRACTICES, pain, patterns, posture, prevention, recuperation, reptitive, RSI, safety, strain, stuctural, Technique, tension, tunnel, warehouse, work, workstation

One-Minute Practice: Sensory Awareness

Alexander Technique with Constance Clare-Newman Posted on March 3, 2011 by ConstanceMarch 3, 2011

Take a moment to notice your senses. First, bring your sense of sight into your awareness. Let your eyes soften as you look away from the screen and see around the room or outside. Notice something you haven’t seen before. … Continue reading →

Posted in ONE-MINUTE PRACTICES | Tagged Alexander, attention, awareness, back, breath, joint, kinesthesia, kinesthetic, mindful, mobility, movement, muscle, ONE-MINUTE PRACTICES, pain, posture, proprioception, proprioceptive, sense, sensory, sight, somatic, sound, stuctural, Technique, touch

One-Minute Practice: Breathe with Ease

Alexander Technique with Constance Clare-Newman Posted on February 1, 2011 by ConstanceFebruary 1, 2011

Bring your breath into your awareness. Notice your breathing pattern. Do your ribs move? Or do they feel constricted? Are you breathing through your nose or mouth? What does it feel like in your chest? Your back? Your belly? Your … Continue reading →

Posted in ONE-MINUTE PRACTICES | Tagged Alexander, attention, awareness, back, balance, breath, breathe, conscious, exhale, neck, pain, posture, presence, sensation, sitting, strain, stress, tension, TMJ

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