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How the Tube Principle improves your Alexander Technique Directions

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3D glasses

People imagine themselves in two dimensions.

Alexander Technique teachers are people too, so even they find it difficult to visualise 3D shapes.

One result is that the classical Alexander Technique directions are often flat, limited to 2 dimensions. These flat directions really don’t work very well.

Tube Principle directions simplify the 3D picture. They make it much easier to imagine what is going on as your shape changes. With the Tube Principle, you can allow yourself to change in ways that you never would while using the classical Alexander Technique directions.

So get reading.

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Tube Principle Direction articles

How to free your neck and lose your slump
Why using Tube Principle directions 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 to stop your breathing giving you a painful bad back (and you didn’t even realise it was your breathing)
Find many more Tube Principle direction articles on BackMagician.com

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