Klarinet Archive - Posting 000154.txt from 2011/03

From: Finn Jespersen <fj4800@-----.dk>
Subj: Re: [kl] reply to Karl, re Alexander technique
Date: Sat, 19 Mar 2011 18:54:48 -0400


About Alexander! My teacher, prof. Elisabeth Sigurdsson, a well-known clarinetist i Scandinavia in the sixties and seventies, were forced to stop her playing because of over-all tensions in her body. She tried a lot of therapies, but was not helped before she became aware of the Alexander tecnique.
Finn Jespersen, Denmark

> Date: Sat, 19 Mar 2011 10:56:16 -0700
> From: clarinetstudio@-----.com
> To: klarinet@-----.com
> Subject: Re: [kl] reply to Karl, re Alexander technique
>
> Hi Karl,
>
> You asked if Alexander technique study is necessarily a two year process,
> and the answer is no. Dramatic changes were obvious after a few lessons.
>
> The learning curve issue is this: A person can understand what this is
> "about" from taking one lesson or even from watching one lesson, but will
> likely not be able to sustain awareness of or reinforce change in their own
> physical habits without direct observation and help from a teacher over a
> period of some weeks or months.
>
> For those unfamiliar with the process,Alexander technique is not physical
> therapy, tai chi or yoga, but like any physical practice is is based in the
> letting go of unhelpful physical habits and the substitution of better ones.
> This is done by responding to instruction rather than by doing exercises.
> The teacher gently guides your body by gentle touch (which is a physical
> prompt, not massage) into expanding and releasing tension at the joints
> while standing, sitting, lying on the floor or a table, or walking. The
> process is largely skeletal, as far as I can tell.
>
> Hope this is helpful. There are many web sites.
>
>
> Margaret
>
> Margaret Thornhill
> Los Angeles
> http://www.margarethornhill.com
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