Had a practise session practising a song in proper Alexander technique teacher manner: Let go, organize myself, take a slow breath, sing a phrase, note how much I tensed up singing it, relax, organise myself, take a slooow breath, sing the phrase again, rinse, repeat, eventually move on to the next phrase and do the same. Took me an hour to get through a 3 min song but I felt very good after that!

Note to self: neck free goes well with letting go of the root of the tongue, and head forward and up and soft palate forward and up are another good pairing to think of.

#singing #voice #alexandertechnique

TORTURE CHAMBER Vol. 12 - Tommie Sunshine, Alexander Technique, Odyssey, Auxinz, Dark Stranger @ Bossa Nova Civic Club - 19 Aug feat. Tommie Sunshine, Alexander Technique, Destro187

#SESH #TommieSunshine #AlexanderTechnique #Destro187

https://sesh.sx/events/12226852

25-May-2023
Your thoughts can harm your neck and back during lifting tasks

In lab, contradictory feedback linked to increased spine loading

https://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/990383 Not sure if there's anything new here - I know that many musicians use eg #AlexanderTechnique to mentally reduce #strain from playing. #science #ergonomics #neck #backpain

Nerd morning: chat about cooperative organization, body-mind interaction, and social movements reminded me of Menenius Agrippa telling the plebes they were Rome's stomach (the senators were its head!), as told by Jacques Ranciere in the most important book I have read in the past 15 years: The Ignorant Schoolmaster (Le Maitre Ignorant). Agrippa's rhetoric presumed the equality of people listening.
#emancipation #rhetoric #alexandertechnique

English translation: https://www.scribd.com/document/29544641/Ranciere-The-Ignorant-Schoolmaster-1