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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

One-Minute Practice: Decontract in your Car

Alexander Technique with Constance Clare-Newman Posted on September 13, 2016 by ConstanceSeptember 13, 2016

Driving across the country has given me plenty of time to explore postural balance while in the car. I invite you to try a few simple things the next time you are driving. But first, check that you make a … Continue reading →

Posted in ONE-MINUTE PRACTICES | Tagged Alexander, car, contract, decontract, drive, driving, ergonomic, expand, head, postural, posture, release', seat, shoulders, Technique | 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-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: 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: Sitting in Balance

Alexander Technique with Constance Clare-Newman Posted on January 3, 2012 by ConstanceJanuary 3, 2012

In the Alexander Technique, there is no “perfect posture” into which you should “sit up straight.” Instead, you learn how to use your sense of balance to stop holding too much tension or not enough tone. You learn to access … Continue reading →

Posted in ONE-MINUTE PRACTICES | Tagged attention, awareness, balance, compression, conscious, dynamic, ease, injury, mindful, muscular, ONE-MINUTE PRACTICES, patterns, postural, posture, sensation, sitting, spine, Technique, 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: 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

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