http://www.tomsterdam.com Alexander Technique with Tom Koch Wed, 23 Apr 2008 16:12:08 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en New York Magazine has a very interesting article about shoes and how they are ruining our feet. Last year, researchers at the University of the Witwatersrand in Johannesburg, South Africa, published a study titled “Shod Versus Unshod: The Emergence of Forefoot Pathology in Modern Humans?” in the podiatry journal The Foot. ... http://www.tomsterdam.com/the-bare-truth-about-shoes.html I currently have three pregnant students, all at slightly different stages, so the following item captured my attention. Nature has a new article detailing the recent discovery that women's spines have evolved to be more flexible and supportive than those of men to increase comfort and mobility while bearing the weight ... http://www.tomsterdam.com/bending-backwards-for-babies-and-ballet.html Today's Business Standard has a short article in the Fitness section about Alexander Technique. Although it talks in only very general terms, its imprecise wording makes me think that the author has not actually experienced lessons. A dead give-away is the reference to AT "therapists": An AT therapist starts by ... http://www.tomsterdam.com/a-dubious-mention-2.html Elizabeth Huebner teaches the Alexander Technique to Luke Daniels, a drama student in the master of fine arts program. Photo by Peter Morenus The University of Connecticut's Advance web site has a full-page article about Elizabeth Huebner's work in the master of fine arts program teaching Alexander Technique to actors. It ... http://www.tomsterdam.com/movement-re-education-helps-drama-students-improve-performance.html It has just been announced that the 8th International Congress of the F.M. Alexander Technique will be held in Lugano, Switzerland from 10-16 August 2008. From their web site: We are delighted to announce that our Opening Ceremony on Sunday evening the 10 August 2008 will start with a keynote speech ... http://www.tomsterdam.com/8th-international-alexander-congress-to-be-held-august-2008-in-lugano-switzerland.html I was a bit taken aback when I stumbled upon this reference in an article titled "God is not dead". The author posits that religion, far from disappearing in Europe, is rather taking on new "alternative" forms. Forms of alternative spirituality such as Alexander technique, Buddhist groups, Islamic Sufism, herbalism, reiki, ... http://www.tomsterdam.com/careless-comparisons.html An article in Tuesday's Guardian talks about "a new approach to running using the principles of the Alexander Technique." How strange that a technique over 100 years old is still called "new". I am trotting around Bedford Square in central London like a pony in the ring, steered by a hand ... http://www.tomsterdam.com/a-new-approach-to-running.html Ruth Dreier came for her first lesson in the Alexander Technique on 11 November 2004. Patrick filmed the entire lesson, then distilled it down to this 2 minute video. http://www.tomsterdam.com/impressions-of-a-first-lesson.html