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Balance and poise

Semi-supine (Constructive Rest Position)

Breathing

Posture

Reducing pain — Improving performance

Support, Chi, Core Strength

Musculo-skeletal medical conditions

Essential background

The Tube Principle

Library of Articles

You’ll find 48 articles here. Each article is filled with in-depth information. They serve at least three purposes:–

They provide vital information to help people suffering from back pain, other kinds of muscle and joint pain and bad posture.
They provide very helpful new information for people who are already receiving help from other Alexander Technique teachers. A lot of it is new information that doesn’t exist anywhere else.
They’re essential revision material for my own pupils.

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Balance and poise	Click to play right-click to download
Balance or poise: Would you rather be stiff as a statue or poised like a trapeze artist?
Poised for action: How a free neck makes you more alert
How to use your feet to detect body-stiffness
Why do varifocal glasses make you stiff?
How can you walk more slowly?
Semi-supine (The Constructive Rest Position)
Semi-supine: the secret to building the stamina your Alexander work needs
Stretch with Semi-supine: Why limber up when you can lie down instead?
Books before pillow: How semi-supine helps us sleep better
Exactly why should I not correct my semi-supine position?
The semi-supine book problem: Why does effective lying down depend on solving it?
What do I do with my knees in semi-supine?
How to use semi-supine to progress further, faster
How can I explain lying down to people at work? [Give this note to your fellow workers.]
Some more semi-supine (constructive rest) articles on BackMagician.com
Breathing
Breathing
The Abdominal Support for the Diaphragm
Some more breathing articles on BackMagician.com
Posture
Good Posture Is Effortless: Stiff posture is bad posture
Bad Posture Correction: The truth about posture
Posture Problems: Four reasons for NOT sitting up
Alexander Technique Posture: Posture that works
Some more posture articles on BackMagician.com
Reducing pain — Improving performance
The RSI pain trap: Exactly why does avoiding injury prevent healing?
How to sit at a computer for eight hours without pain
Lying Down: Transforming poor performers into productive workers [Show this article to your office manager]
How to be “in the zone” when working at your desk
How to stop cramp getting you out of bed in the small hours
Lazy Tension: How to move with effortless efficiency
The key to getting rid of knee pain is knowing why you get it
How to walk downstairs without knee pain
Getting rid of lower back pain: How to loosen your back up
Let your pain teach you how to be pain-free
Why does not understanding your shoulders cause pain?
Some more pain and performance articles on BackMagician.com
Support, Chi, Core Strength
How to stand tall and straight without stiffening your shoulders
Why core strength fitness trainers don’t provide the goods (and what they can do to correct that)
How to stop your Demented Mechanic giving you back pain
There are many more Support, Chi, Core Strength articles in the membership area.
Musculo-skeletal medical conditions
Arthritis and the Alexander Technique: quick relief or lasting solution?
Asthma and the Alexander Technique: quick relief or lasting solution?
Back Pain and the Alexander Technique: quick relief or lasting solution?
Knee Injuries and the Alexander Technique: quick relief or lasting solution?
Sciatica and the Alexander Technique: quick relief or lasting solution?
Scoliosis and the Alexander Technique: quick relief or lasting solution?
A Slipped Disc and the Alexander Technique: quick relief or lasting solution?
Spondylitis and the Alexander Technique: quick relief or lasting solution?
Some more medical conditions articles on BackMagician.com
Essential background
The Problem of Unreliable Kinaesthesia: Why you keep getting in your own way — and why you can’t help doing it
Putting the principles into action: How the Alexander Technique Works
What can a sailing ship tell you about your body?
Some more essential background articles on BackMagician.com
The Tube Principle
Free your neck: A powerful way to lose your slump
Why using the Tube Principle is better for your posture
How to use your feet better to get rid of knee pain
Arm pain and RSI: The Tube Principle to the rescue
How your breathing can give you terrible pain (and you not even realise it’s your breathing)
Some more Tube Principle articles on BackMagician.com

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