Blog — Alexander Technique in Lewes

Sitting, waiting ...

Don’t become so absorbed in your activity that you forget to look after yourself

Alexander Technique, Back CareKathryn MinogueAugust 11, 2019Alexander Technique as re-education, sitting comfortably, Good postureComment

Cooking is creative

Free yourself of your old habits and try experimenting

Alexander Technique, Power of habitsKathryn MinogueJuly 14, 2019end-gaining, happiness is the way, experimenting, using the senses, lightness and lengthComment

Wooden horses

A tense and over-reactive body can affect performance adversely

Kathryn MinogueMay 30, 2019Comment

The abandoned mugs of tea

Habitual behaviours can stop you noticing what you really need

Power of habits, Benefit of Active Rest, Stopping, Responding to stressKathryn MinogueMay 5, 2019Comment

Living in the now

Alexander Technique, Reducing muscular tension, Responding to stressKathryn MinogueMarch 17, 2019muscular tension, living in the nowComment

Resolve to be responsible!

Alexander Technique, Habits of movementKathryn MinogueJanuary 1, 2019stretching, new year resolutions, hamstring stretches, Katy BowmanComment

How to fondle a corgi

Alexander Technique, Back CareKathryn MinogueNovember 24, 2018back pain, hip joint, the QueenComment

Why Active Rest is different from Relaxation

Why Active Rest is different from Relaxation

Alexander Technique, Benefit of Active Rest, Reducing muscular tensionKathryn MinogueOctober 14, 2018active rest, lying horizontal, over-tight muscles, verteberal discs, stimulus responseComment

The forgotten suitcase

Alexander Technique, Power of habitsKathryn MinogueSeptember 3, 2018habitual behaviours, changing habits, good habits, subconscious behaviour, useful habits of movement, end-gaining behaviourComment

Don't let your phone suck you in

Alexander TechniqueKathryn MinogueAugust 4, 2018Back care, balanced headComment

Why being idle can make your creative juices flow

Why being idle can make your creative juices flow

Alexander Technique, Responding to stress, StoppingKathryn MinogueJuly 19, 2018critical attention, patient investigation, senses, space for idling, default mode network, coffee break, Tony HillermanComment

Stop giving yourself back pain

Alexander Technique, Back Care, Power of habits, StoppingKathryn MinogueJuly 13, 2018chronic back pain, ATEAM trial, muscular tone Comment

Out in the garden

Alexander Technique, Back Care, Benefit of Active RestKathryn MinogueJuly 1, 2018gardening, leg jointsComment

How to sit easily at your computer

Back Care, Computer useKathryn MinogueJune 23, 2018computer use, display screen equipment, back painComment

Has your walk been corrupted?!

Alexander Technique, Power of habitsKathryn MinogueJune 16, 2018gait, walking habits, undesirable habits, walkingComment

How to treat yourself better ... by doing nothing

How to treat yourself better ... by doing nothing

Benefit of Active RestKathryn MinogueJune 13, 2018self care, active rest, unhelpful habits, session on the computer, tension patterns, upright posture, muscular tension, the fear of missing out, active but sedentaryComment

Why is it so hard to stop doing what you're doing?

Why is it so hard to stop doing what you're doing?

Alexander Technique, Benefit of Active Rest, Computer use, StoppingKathryn MinogueApril 30, 2018behavioural inertia, taking a break, better functioningComment

"I love ironing!"

Reducing muscular tensionKathryn MinogueMarch 28, 2018thinking in activity, bend at the hips and knees, ironing, power of habitComment

Rediscovering what's hidden within

Alexander TechniqueKathryn MinogueFebruary 2, 2018re-education, ready for change, stop interfering, do less, achieve more

Is January gloomy?

Power of habits, Alexander TechniqueKathryn MinogueJanuary 19, 2018backache, unexplained backache, sitting at your computer, unhelpful habits, harmful habits, Alexander Technique as re-education, sitting on your tailbone, poking your head forward, rediscover a more efficient way of moving, breathing and balancing, functioning with more ease and grace