Lessons from the Chair
Dialogue and learning through movement and action. Blog posts concerning the Alexander Technique.
Friday, 29 January 2016 18:39
Would it Help?
Teaching this year, I have found myself telling pupils about the scene from Bridge of Spies, where Mark Rylance’s character when asked if…
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Wednesday, 11 November 2015 17:58
How To Sing Upside Down
I am awe of the athleticism of opera singers generally, and Wagnerian singers in particular, although not because of the popular misconception that…
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Monday, 05 October 2015 13:35
Stillness
A few years ago, I went to hear Paco Peña play during the Festival here in Edinburgh. As well as the flamenco dancers…
Wednesday, 26 August 2015 18:48
On the High Wire
I was the boy who always failed to jump the stream when I was younger. I would watch other people leap across and…
Monday, 25 May 2015 11:08
Alexander Botox For The Soul
The face of decision or, as I some times more colloquially put it, having first warned my pupils of an impending profanity, the…
Friday, 13 March 2015 14:16
A Book can Change Your Life
You can use a book to change your life and you do not have to read it! You just have to put your…
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Thursday, 26 February 2015 19:13
Anniversaries
Monday will be the first anniversary of my father’s death and as I approach it I realise what an extraordinary year it has…
Monday, 12 January 2015 16:13
Really Stopping
If you really stop, and I mean really stop, and especially if you are not used to stopping, then it really feels to…
Saturday, 08 November 2014 18:36
Living on the Edge
One of the facts of movement is that we move best when we are unstable but balanced. This is often a discomforting fact,…
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Thursday, 02 October 2014 11:39
Imagine…
Imagine a world of work where people were ill less often, where there were fewer accidents and performance improved. Imagine world of work…
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Friday, 05 September 2014 12:21
Practise Works!
With summer and the Festival over and life returning to normal, it is good to get back to blogging. I will be blogging…
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Friday, 30 May 2014 14:59
Structure Sets You Free
We depend on structure - without it our worlds would fall apart. Without power supplies, without transport, without communications, without sanitation, without fields,…
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