13/09/2020
I have finally managed to copy all of my short Alexander Technique audio tips over to Soundcloud. Here is a short history of how they came about:
In the Summer of 2011, I noticed that something was wrong - I was out of sorts, anxious, tired, unfocussed. I didn't know that this was the start of a steady deterioration of my health. I was desperate to take my work out into the community and approached John Russell, the founder of Oyster, a local charity, for disabled, run by disabled. I talked to him about the Alexander Technique, and what I had to offer. His advise was to hang about at the weekly Oyster drop in lunch Cafe and get to know the members a bit, and let them get to know me. In fact, I ended up as a volunteer in the kitchen, preparing sandwiches, serving meals (someone much more experienced than me cooked them), and generally being around, occasionally taking part in one of the events on offer during these lunchtimes.
One day John suggested that I recorded something about the Alexander Technique which he could then share on Facebook and put on his electronic newsletter. He helped me with the recording and the sharing, with all the technical stuff, and after the first recording, I had so many ideas that I carried on with weekly recordings and postings. Eventually, I bought my own gizmo (on John's advice) and could let go of John's hand - metaphorically speaking. And did subsequent recordings from my living room. They were all kept on the Audioboom platform, under the auspices of Radio Lewes - an internet radio station run by Oyster members. I stopped the recordings - the last one being number 35. They can still be found over at Audioboom, but now also on SoundCloud. I intend to resume recording, and all recordings beyond number 35 will be on SoundCloud.
A big thank you to John Russell!
I give you number 24 here - and this will give you access to all the others on SoundCloud. You might want to go to Doing Nothing after listening to this one!.
Most of the time, we use excessive tension - whatever it is we are doing. Practising to do less is an incredibly useful exercise to reduce tension and stress.
