SAT, Author at Sydney Alexander Technique

04 Feb Drawing a stick figure, how would you draw the legs?

Posted at 05:19h in Wellbeing by SAT

Yesterday Greg taught a BodyMinded in person workshop. It was a joy to actually meet people in person! Comments like ‘you’re 3 D’, you’re taller/shorter than I expected’ were the greetings as the small number of people met after sharing online workshops this year. (This...

04 Feb Is your mind like Velco?

Posted at 00:15h in Alexander Technique, Wellbeing by SAT

“The mind is like Velcro for negative experiences, and Teflon for positive ones:” psychologist Rick Hanson. What an interesting idea… it really resonates for me. I just love the image of our minds being like velcro. So sticky! Have you heard of the negative bias we all...

04 Feb Five Minutes Peace, You’d like that?

Posted at 00:07h in Wellbeing by SAT

Five Minutes Peace is a delightful story book by Jill Murphy. It was gifted to me decades ago by my sister-in-law, when our kids were young. In it, a busy mum, Mrs Large has 3 kids & the drama is how she longs for five minutes...

03 Feb Interconnectedness – insights from summer reading

Posted at 23:52h in Alexander Technique by SAT

This holiday season, summer 20/21, I’ve been devouring a book about fungus, and learning so much about these living partners of all that we do. Devouring is a wonderful metaphor, taking within in a way that becomes a part of one-self. But my metaphoric devouring...

03 Feb Finding your Stride, fitting in with friends

Posted at 23:46h in Wellbeing by SAT

We had a really wonderful summer workshop recently in Katoomba, so many lessons and insights. Everyone was enriched and inspired by the 4 glorious workshop days, Jan 2021. This is my pondering and wondering about one question which has been very alive for me since the...

17 Mar Coronavirus and the New World of Social Distancing

Posted at 06:57h in Alexander Technique, Wellbeing by SAT

How can we use the Alexander technique to cope the Coronavirus (COVID-19)? One of my students asked me this last week, as the pandemic was just getting started here, or perhaps we could call it the pandemic :-). Alexander was a champion of human reason, he...

06 Nov Meet the Team – Dave Carr

Posted at 05:38h in Alexander Technique, Music by SAT

We have a wonderful team at BodyMinded Alexander Technique. Dave Carr is one our teachers, we asked Dave a few questions, enjoy getting to know Dave...

06 Nov Meet the Team – Simon Hingee

Posted at 05:30h in Alexander Technique by SAT

We have a wonderful team of teachers here at BodyMinded Sydney Alexander Technique. To get to know us, we have asked Simon a few questions. Please enjoy Simon's answers...

06 Nov Lessons from a Jam Jar

Posted at 05:06h in Alexander Technique, Wellbeing by SAT

What can you learn from opening a jam jar? One of the things I love about BodyMinded Alexander Technique is that I will find these priniciples turning on in random moments of my life (more so now having completed the professional training as an Alexander Technique...

30 Jun Guitar playing reminders – Classroom posters

Posted at 09:34h in Body Mapping & Anatomy, Free Resources, Wellbeing by SAT

Here are some teaching room posters! When playing the guitar, here are a few body and movement ideas to remember represented in simple cartoon images suitable for kids.

Author: SAT