Move more easily through your world! Access your natural coordination, build confidence, and connect the dots between thought and action using the ideas of Integrative Alexander Technique.
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Hi Reader! How’s your fall going so far? Me? I love sweater weather. Frankly, I just love sweaters. Maybe a little too much. They seem to be multiplying. Soft. Cozy. Comfortable. Do you ever feel like comfort gets a bad rap? Like it’s somehow weak or selfish, even regressive to seek comfort? It can seem like making change requires us to get out of our comfort zone. But does it always? Many people come to me because they want something to shift. Maybe they’re carrying tension they can’t release. Maybe they want to step into more visibility but feel stuck at the thought of being seen. In the work we do together, comfort is part of what supports change. Integrative Alexander Technique is a process that relies on small changes that you make, yourself, in the safety of your own body. The same truth shows up again and again: lasting change begins with a renewable possibility of comfort and safety inside ourselves. The idea that we look for danger more readily than we look for positivity is called ‘negativity bias’. This built-in safety monitor, is a) excellent and b) possibly working overtime. One way to balance this is to make an active choice to start noticing what is working well. Gather new data about your experience of the world. What in your mind and body is working well, today? Are you moving, breathing, seeing? Does that warm cup of tea feel good in your hand? What are all the amazing things happening in your mind and body to make that pleasant sensation possible? Want to make a change? It doesn’t have to be internal parkour. You can get comfortable. Then start noticing. Read on for opportunities to connect next week in lovely Seattle, in November in peaceful Portland, and everlovin' online! There's something for everyone -- wellness and daily life, creativity, and business communication. Also, hit reply and say hi! It's always a pleasure to hear from you. Happy to be in community with you, Crispin
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Move more easily through your world! Access your natural coordination, build confidence, and connect the dots between thought and action using the ideas of Integrative Alexander Technique.
Hi Reader! Do you know the phrase, “People who live in glass houses shouldn't throw stones?” As a child, this was very serious instruction. My family lived in a house with large windows. On some level I knew the phrase included a teaching metaphor, but also, with a child's understanding, I thought the lesson was meant especially for us. We had to be very polite or our windows would break. It can be easy to take metaphors literally, because that's how metaphors work. This = that. Sometimes,...
Hi Reader! How are you doing? An answer I've been hearing recently is "scattered." Back in my office admin days, every so often the computer would get slow, and in the 90’s, that was reeeeally sloooooow. The IT guy would come to my desk, open up a secret window and type in "defrag C:"– system defragmentation – to gather all the little bits of information that were cluttering the system. My very non-technical interpretation of what was happening is that the defrag tidied little remnants of...
Hi Reader! Do you remember playing Simon Says? That game where "Simon" gives you permission to move but also tells you to move without permission and if you move without Simon saying so, you both lose and are humiliated at the same time? Was that game fun? You tell me. Maybe it taught self-control? Compliance? In my memory, it also added nervous system confusion. It’s no surprise, the things we experience as children become part of our very structure, and affect how we operate throughout our...