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Primary "Control"


Not that any of this is a linear path, but I think finishing with Primary Control is fitting as it is also where it, and all life, begins.

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Sending Directions

So, the first commandment of the Alexander Technique is “let the neck be free”

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"Faulty" Sensory Awareness

To “explain” Faulty Sensory Awareness though - I invite you to conduct the following self-experiment. You will need a mirror and you will need to be upright, either sitting or standing.

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Back in the Habit

But here we are, however many years later and we now have this capacity to reconsider our habits - we can practice the recognition of the force of habit

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What are your Standards?

If one’s standards are conditioned to be based on “getting it right” - how often are you meeting your own standards?

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The Self and one's own True Nature

The conditions that might be obscuring things may or may not be true and a person can be tricked into believing things about themselves if the lie is repeated often enough.

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