What a fabulous day of discovery we experienced on Saturday on the Free your Natural Singing Voice Workshop. We sang some pretty simple songs, led by Rachel Belringer whilst experimenting with Alexander Technique and noticing how engaging and maintaining our peripheral vision enables a more balanced and improved posture, giving us space to breathe, helping [...]
General Feedback ‘Warm Welcome and the fresh air, getting out on the moors and making the most of the poor weather . The venue and accommodation [ Brimpts Farm] Dartmeet were excellent. Wonderful food: all the staff went out of their way enable every one of us to enjoy the eating experience. They did a [...]
The main thing that came out of this exercise was the need to stop and direct prior to each action! The next important thought was to plan how it might work with absolutely no intention of getting on with it! We then considered the weight/ the awkwardness of the shape/ the space where it would [...]
Join our next Retreat in September, in the spectacular setting of Dartmoor National Park. To book and secure your space: Payment options full payment single payment by 1st March £199.00 GBP full payment sharing payment by 1st March £189.00 GBP Here is the feedback from Group members who attended in May: Evaluation of the Dartmoor [...]
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Do you talk to yourself? Do you sometime lose the argument? Your conscious mind knows best, but your subconscious is stronger and makes the decisions for you. For example: I call my subconscious Mr Peter Habit and he is often much stronger than me: Kay: "I am not hungry... I do not need that [...]
See how many times you can brush your teeth using a hand toothbrush held in your non-dominant hand! Check out my journey, described below.... and please share your experiences! As in Previous posts, I have named my subconscious Peter! Peter sits on my shoulder and is my friend. But he is a misguided friend. [...]
A dialogue with Mr Peter Habit Peter... "so I get it now... I can do this, don't you worry!! You want me to think your neck freedirect yourheadforward andupso yourbackcanlengthenandwiden... hey presto... how was that? Kay ... "it's not a mantra Peter! It is more than words.. The direction needs to be thoughtful otherwise there [...]
In life we generally rely on our subconscious to direct our movement. We stand, sit, walk, and bend automatically with no thought to how we move. Our subconscious habitually does it for us, and it dominates us so that we don't consider the best way to go about our everyday activities. The practice of Alexander [...]
