Ease Your Mind, Free Your Body with Constructive Rest

In honor of International Alexander Awareness Week, this class, lead by David Nesmith, will meet on Oct. 19th & 26th at All Life Center for Integrative Well Being north of Columbus near Delaware. Constructive Rest is a dynamic, practical procedure for rejuvenating your mind and body. A powerful tool for life, Constructive Rest will help you revitalize yourself during the day and help you sleep better at night. Experience mental ease and muscular freedom, while restoring breathing coordination and renewing a healthy relationship with space. Wear comfortable clothes, bring a mat or towel, and a questing spirit, hungry for more profound rest! See the calendar listing for details, click here! … Continue reading

Non-Doing: The Alexander Technique’s Guide to Self Awareness

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by Kristen Fryer ~ Non-Doing, otherwise known as inhibition or unlearning, might normally be considered a negative ideal to pursue.  Who is really interested in spending time unlearning, not doing and being inhibited?  No, people are much more enthusiastic about what your doing, what you’ve been learning, and hope that you are fully engaged in life and not being inhibited!  I confess, I too see the logic in the case for ‘doing’.  It definitely resonates deep in the recesses of my Aries nature to be involved in as many activities as I can squeeze into one lifetime.  Now you might be sensing that this conversation is about to make a case for non-doing and it is.  You might be wondering how I can even waste my breath defending it but I will and I hope you will stay to see The Alexander Techniques philosophy about non-doing and how much value it can bring to people’s lives.  It certainly has saved mine!!! Non-Doing is The Alexander Techniques’ Guide to self-awareness. … Continue reading