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Tag Archives: pain

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: Gentle Head/Neck Balance

Alexander Technique with Constance Clare-Newman Posted on November 20, 2012 by ConstanceNovember 20, 2012

A gentle balance of your head on top of your spine can be an ongoing practice anywhere, anytime. A gentle balance suggests that it is not necessary to hold the head in position with neck muscles. The skull is meant … Continue reading →

Posted in ONE-MINUTE PRACTICES | Tagged Alexander, atlas, attention, awareness, balance, compression, conscious, ease, gravity, head, mindful, muscles, neck, ONE-MINUTE PRACTICES, pain, postural, posture, presence, skull, spine, Technique, tension, vertebrae

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

On Directing

Alexander Technique with Constance Clare-Newman Posted on April 29, 2009 by ConstanceApril 29, 2009

Directing—sending a clear message or instruction from your brain to other parts of yourself—is a skill that you can practice and improve. When you say directions to yourself, you say them in your mind with the clear intention that they … Continue reading →

Posted in ONE-MINUTE PRACTICES | Tagged Alexander, back, balance, compression, gravity, injury, movement, muscular, ONE-MINUTE PRACTICES, pain, poise, postural, posture, practice, re-balance, reflexes, sitting, spine, standing, Technique, tension, upright, walkingintention

Falling and Up-righting

Alexander Technique with Constance Clare-Newman Posted on March 3, 2009 by ConstanceMarch 3, 2009

We humans are always falling and up-righting ourselves. Gravity makes us fall, and ideally we capture the force of our falling and our innate up-righting system kicks in and sends us back upwards. But lack of awareness and habits lead … Continue reading →

Posted in ONE-MINUTE PRACTICES | Tagged Alexander, back, balance, compression, gravity, injury, movement, muscular, ONE-MINUTE PRACTICES, pain, poise, postural, posture, re-balance, reflexes, sitting, spine, standing, Technique, tension, upright, walking

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