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Tag Archives: breath

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: Cultivate Peace Within

Alexander Technique with Constance Clare-Newman Posted on September 6, 2011 by ConstanceSeptember 6, 2011

Being kind even in the face of mistakes other people make is something many of us strive for. But how many of us can be that kind to ourselves? Being kind to oneself is not only good for emotional health, … Continue reading →

Posted in ONE-MINUTE PRACTICES | Tagged Alexander, attention, awareness, balance, breath, breathe, compassion, conscious, critical, ease, health, kindness, ONE-MINUTE PRACTICES, peace, poise, presence, release', sensation, sense, stress

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: Ease Jaw Tension

Alexander Technique with Constance Clare-Newman Posted on April 2, 2011 by ConstanceApril 2, 2011

Bring your awareness to your face as you read this. Can you allow the muscles to soften? As you think to yourself that you’d like to soften your eyes, you don’t need to do anything. Just the intention will be … Continue reading →

Posted in ONE-MINUTE PRACTICES | Tagged Alexander, attention, awareness, breath, breathe, conscious, exhale, inhale, jaw, ONE-MINUTE PRACTICES, patterns, posture, respiratory, sensation, somatic, Technique, tension, TMJ, voice

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

One-Minute Practice: Inner Spaciousness

Alexander Technique with Constance Clare-Newman Posted on January 2, 2011 by ConstanceJanuary 2, 2011

Whatever you are doing right now, pause and bookmark your physical, mental, and emotional state, including your breath. Don’t try to change anything. Just notice what is happening within you. Now notice the weight and form of your body. Begin … Continue reading →

Posted in ONE-MINUTE PRACTICES | Tagged Alexander, attention, awareness, balance, breath, breathe, conscious, jaw, ONE-MINUTE PRACTICES, patterns, posture, sensation, somatic, Technique, tension, TMJ, voice

Madeline Aranda, English Teacher

Alexander Technique with Constance Clare-Newman Posted on March 6, 2009 by ConstanceMarch 6, 2009

While spending five years working my way through grad school and teaching as an adjunct lecturer in several locations, I experienced an acceleration of pain from repetitive stress injury and TMJ. I kept telling myself that I would get better … Continue reading →

Posted in Testimonials from students | Tagged breath, injury, mindful, movement, presence, repetitive, RSI, spaciousness, stress, TMJ

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