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Hello Friends,

I just have a simple thought to share today.

Perfect posture eludes most of us. But what is perfection, anyway?

Is it a perfectly balanced mannikin in the storefront window? If that defines perfect, would you even want it?

Maybe perfection is more of a state of flow rather than position....

Maybe ease and balance and lightness of being are what we really want...

Freedom from pain, poise and grace. Those are the hallmarks of the Alexander Technique. When we have those qualities, posture....happens....

I will go dancing soon and think about flow, and line...and ease.

Wishing you grace to light your day,
Dana

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Hello Friends,

Thanks for stopping by again. I'm inspired by my colleagues - surely a nice thing! It's wonderful to learn so much from them. My friend, Sandra Riddell, in Edinburgh, wrote a lovely letter about a quote from Viktor Frankl. We had a lovely exchange that I'd like to share. With her permission, here 'tis:

Viktor Frankl was a survivor of the concentration camps. He went on to develop a system of psychotherapy based on his experiences there, and the philosophy he outlined in his book, Man's Search for Meaning.

"Between stimulus and response, there is a space. In that space is our power to choose our response. In our response lies our growth and our freedom. The last of the human freedoms - to choose one's attitude in any given set of circumstances, to choose one's own way." Dr. Viktor Frankl

Continue reading " Viktor Frankl: the Freedom to Choose " »

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April 15, 2010

Hello Friends,

Are you on Twitter? Do you have fun with it or do you use it with a sense of purpose and seriousness, for marketing a business?

One of my colleagues in Holland, Maaike Aarts, wondered about making her tweets about the Alexander Technique more lighthearted and funny.

I think she’s right on target. I have more fun reading Tweets that have humor, are inspirational, or both. Whatever the subject matter, I tend to remember the Tweet and seek out the Tweeter.

I think the same holds true for learning something; we tend to remember the times we have fun without any effort. Doesn't it make sense to be easy and light in our words as well as our bodies?

Happy Tweeting!
Dana

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