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Warning -sitting here could damage your health!

Alexander Technique with Jane Staggs Posted on December 11, 2012 by Jane StaggsDecember 11, 2012

Warning – sitting here could damage your health!  Or – The Perils of Christmas.  During the holiday season, people often sit much more than usual, and particularly they sit on the sofa.  I was reminded of the perils of this … Continue reading →

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It’s Beginning to Look a Lot Like Christmas

Alexander Technique with Jane Staggs Posted on November 19, 2012 by Jane StaggsNovember 19, 2012

  Yes, it’s that time of year again, and the perennial question of what to give to whom.  Why not give an introductory Alexander lesson to a family member or friend?  Many fans of the Alexander Technique had their first … Continue reading →

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Playing with Posture – new Alexander Technique book

Alexander Technique with Jane Staggs Posted on October 20, 2012 by Jane StaggsOctober 20, 2012

I have just finished reading the latest Alexander book -‘ Playing with Posture, positive child development with the Alexander Technique’ by Cambridge Alexander Teacher Sue Holladay – and can thoroughly recommend it.  Written as a guide for parents, it would … Continue reading →

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Alexander Awareness Week Oct 8 -14

Alexander Technique with Jane Staggs Posted on September 24, 2012 by Jane StaggsSeptember 24, 2012

October 8 – 14 is the 9th Alexander Technique Awareness Week!  The theme this year is Poised for Life.  It is possible to try the Technique by having a half price lesson from participating teachers.  Most teachers will be participating … Continue reading →

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Alexander Technique – lazy person’s guide to life

Alexander Technique with Jane Staggs Posted on September 4, 2012 by Jane StaggsSeptember 4, 2012

I like to describe the Alexander Technique as the art of doing less in order to achieve more.  This surely is the secret of life!  So much in society tells us that more effort will bring more success, but the … Continue reading →

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Cycling and the Alexander Technique

Alexander Technique with Jane Staggs Posted on August 13, 2012 by Jane StaggsAugust 13, 2012

I was working with a pupil last week in the traditional Alexander Technique way, helping him sit down and stand up.  Towards the end of the lesson, he stood up quite differently.  He knew it was different and I asked him … Continue reading →

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Tour de France, Olympics, and Alexander Technique

Alexander Technique with Jane Staggs Posted on July 26, 2012 by Jane StaggsJuly 26, 2012

One of my Alexander Technique pupils told me this week how her five year old daughter was inspired by watching the Tour de France on television to learn to ride a bicycle herself.  She has spent happy hours experimenting with … Continue reading →

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The Scandal of School Chairs

Alexander Technique with Jane Staggs Posted on July 15, 2012 by Jane StaggsJuly 15, 2012

An Alexander Technique teacher in Ireland, Richard Brennan, has petitioned the Irish government to improve school chairs by replacing old chairs with ones that do not slope downwards.  http://irishtimes.com/newspaper/health/2012/0626/1224318724142.html  Downwards sloping chairs cause slumping, encouraging poor posture which can lead … Continue reading →

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School bags – the start of back pain?

Alexander Technique with Jane Staggs Posted on July 2, 2012 by Jane StaggsJuly 2, 2012

We know that back pain is common in adults, 40% had back pain lasting more than one day in the last 12 months.  But did you know that over 30% of 16-24 year olds had back pain last year? This is … Continue reading →

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Comments on a first Alexander lesson

Alexander Technique with Jane Staggs Posted on June 16, 2012 by Jane StaggsJune 16, 2012

Amanda came for her first Alexander lesson a few weeks ago. She was motivated to try Alexander Technique because of her poor posture and painful shoulders.  A couple of hours after her lesson I received this email. ‘So I just … Continue reading →

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