“Every simple act must be approached as if we have never done it before. Then we can find things out.”
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This is F.M. Alexander (1869-1955), creator of the Alexander Technique, working with one of his students. I am always struck by how present she is. She is upright yet not rigidly so. Calm, yet alert.
She’s doing something apparently ‘normal’ - sitting, yet what’s actually happening is that she is not sitting in her ‘normal’ way.
With Alexander’s guidance, she is exploring a new way of being and of doing things, moment by moment.
“As soon as people come with the idea of unlearning instead of learning, you have them in the frame of mind you want.”