Alexander Technique & Relaxation, March 2019

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Alexander Technique First Lesson Demonstration at the Alexander Teacher Training School, with Head of Training - Anthony Kingsley, London on 14 March 2019
Anthony is offering hands-on Alexander Technique sessions in Golders Green, North London at the Alexander Studio.
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In his Alexander sessions, Anthony can help you retune yourselves, experience an uplifting of the body and mind, and deal much more effectively with the demands and stress of daily life.
Anthony is also a trained psychotherapist, and offers embodied psychotherapy sessions and a safe space for emotional learning and processing.
For those who can not reach him in person, Anthony Kingsley has pioneered a unique way of offering Alexander Technique sessions Online. Of course, the essential beauty and power of the Technique resides in direct communication via the hands of a highly skilled Alexander Teacher. But during this challenging time, we may need a space to quieten our nervous systems, and recover a sense of balance and harmony.
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[@AlexanderTechnique33]

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[@XSAoRAD]

Allow the neck to be free, the head to balance up, the spine to have it's length, the torso to widen.

[@blazemordly9746]

...to widen.

[@plopperator]

No, not in my old way.

[@lro001]

Yes! Beautiful. It gives a flow....to the whole being.

[@JesseColton]

Up you go

[@darrenstillwell9007]

Lovely little guidelines

[@sobazaar]

Omg all the Diana quotes in the comments here are giving me life 😂

[@lars1296]

“Let the neck be free.” Diana Devitt Dawson

[@anthonykingsley4315]

Diana is quite right!

[@Thebustermann]

Lovely little guidelines

[@fridgemagnet]

quite quickly

[@Jae0o0]

All hail Diana!

[@youseeit916]

and W O Y D E N and W O Y D E N

[@zerahmot1787]

I know a lot of people are here just from the asmr community, but there is a lot of value in practicing these techniques.

[@largegrape]

@@ludwwik good posture really does help your health, muscles, and mental health

[@TaraFinlay]

i think it is silly to assume that the asmr community doesn’t see the value in the technique.

[@theboombody]

Some people are here just because of the Diana Devitt-Dawson video. She has the best Alexander Technique catch phrases.

[@Sally-yx9eo]

Never heard of her, I found my way here via the Richard Walker video

[@mountainzebra]

the head neck back relationship was very much JEOPARDIZED

[@frances2912]

😂

[@crenshawshank]

Oh man that got me 😅

[@TaterChip91]

"Quite quickly "

[@michael5637]

Did they follow the guidelines? Those lovely little guidelines

[@verastanhope3594]

Love the lovely little guidelines

[@757cherrygurl]

Buhahahaha classic

[@dterm8526]

Effort less

[@clintmanry7347]

Lol I didn't know such a fanbase even existed!

[@eugenglobetrotter3323]

Soy Boy Liberal and then you stop :)

[@eventide2763]

The first time I had an Alexander Technique lesson I walked out of there feeling about 2 feet taller and much stronger, like my whole upper body was stronger and more supported. Incredible experience. I should go more often but even just having that 1 first lesson changed my life and how i view my body, and that was 10+ years ago!

[@dextious7373]

E F F O R T L E S S

[@toddsqui]

It has been 10 years at least since my last Alexander Technique class and I still remember the feeling of release you get from these classes (with the right teacher). Miss these classes a lot.

[@AlexanderTechnique33]

Hi Todd, Happy to hear about your good memories. All the best, Anthony

[@katiekawaii]

Lovely little guidelines at work.

[@juanloprada]

Where can I find that?

[@Jonathan-xe4ec]

"The thinking is there that links that... that links that".

[@pooplavoi]

The North will never bend the knee!

[@rashadwalker8218]

Ok Jon snow lol

[@MissShaina]

Thumbs up if you came here for ASMR.

[@kabouterwesley83]

Holy mother of sandwich breath, this is good!

[@K33p3r23]

Ah thats gold. Great comment

[@samuelculper4231]

The Alexander Technique is just like meditation! It is not about undoing or stopping the tension, but BEING AWARE OF TENSION. The aim is not to undue tension, that is the byproduct. The purpose is to be aware :)

[@geedubyah87]

It gives a flow!

[@MetallicAddict15]

To the whole being

[@ianbruce1745]

Up you go!

[@royceyun2600]

Effort. Less.

[@thomasvleminckx]

I reckon it's full-on for you?

[@AustrasmrASMR]

Thomas Vleminckx not a lot of reflection on how you do it. Just... getting in and

[@Beerfornothing]

This video is like a pure virgin I can’t believe my ASMR brothers and sisters haven’t found it yet. It’s only a matter of time. However created this video is in for a big surprise. Peace. Let the neck be free.

[@MaiMai-eo7zk]

Beerfornothing found it!

[@robcorbett4136]

I'm really struggling with intense stress and anxiety at the moment and your videos bring great relief to me. Thank you

[@AlexanderTechnique33]

That is really great to hear. Thank for sharing.

[@virgogirl909]

Come for the Alexander Technique, stay for the instructor’s lovely accent! :D

[@dianelapp]

Please keep posting these! You are a great instructor and your videos are very educational. Cheers from the States!

[@anthonykingsley4315]

Thanks from London!

[@Anyox17]

He knows Diana!! It feels like a nice little Alexander technique ASMR community is building here #lettheneckbefree

[@moukafaslouka4796]

For the first time ever, the Alexander technique is less of a mystery to me.

[@AlexanderTechnique33]

That is really good to hear. Thanks for the feedback.

[@scourix4181]

Anyone else noticed that she got more and more relaxed while doing this?

[@Kate-xj7ld]

Nice to see that Tony Blair went on to do something useful.

[@anthonykingsley4315]

That's a first!!

[@AlexCBrandon]

LOL!!!!

[@susieusmaximus5330]

Haha, exactly what I thought.

[@juanloprada]

Jajajajajajajajaj

[@DrPeterVenkman383]

Limbs can only get better.....

[@phos73]

Delightful to listen to during my yoga session. My son chose this to watch. We had a lovely giggle at the gently humorous rapport. Inspiring for my son who is fed up with me talking about posture. Great for him to hear it from Alex via Anthony :-).

[@k.pacificnw02134]

I feel bad for anyone who has to sit at a computer for eight hours studying law. ; )

[@evanb1470]

More because of the classes!

[@gordonirvine726]

Pahahahahahahahaha.... this comment section is gold!

[@eugenglobetrotter3323]

I’ve been cycling and cooking but now I’m ready to pull weed out of the garden :)

[@Herostatus1991]

sometimes you just are "full on"

[@gordonirvine726]

@@eugenglobetrotter3323 Genius comment

[@Godisangry]

Satisfying and smooth. That's what she said.

[@TheDavo10001]

Came here looking for Diana Devitt Dawson references. Was not disappointed

[@MagnumDB]

Thank you for uploading all of these. The only videos I had seen previously were quite short and I’m still trying to understand what the Alexander Technique is all about. It’s great to hear more and see it more in action.

[@Coppretta]

I had a migraine and I swear just listening to you made it go away

[@AlexanderTechnique33]

I think I will market this!! Seriously, though, the human voice can have a profound influence; as of course does music.

[@DrPeterVenkman383]

I love the clock bell chimes in the back ground....😀❤️👍 sounds like the start of an Inspector Morse episode!!! 😀

[@crenshawshank]

You think 'Not my old way...'

[@geedubyah87]

No! Not my old way...

[@AlexanderTechnique33]

Watch more Alexander Technique Videos: Richard and Elisabeth Walker's Training School, 1989: kzbin.info/www/bejne/qnPGh36Djc1na6c Alexander Technique, Muscle Pain & Computer Work: kzbin.info/www/bejne/n6PMiZprqr-Spbc Alexander Technique & Relaxation, March 2019: kzbin.info/www/bejne/oqizf6Klg9l3nrs

[@krishchandrahasan7955]

I find these videos quite relaxing to watch

[@gabrielm5114]

q u i t e q u i c k l y

[@mittridgebibimix7809]

My brain is having a holiday just seeing this process! (with some somatic empathy of course) 👍

[@AlexanderTechnique33]

I like the somatic empathy idea

[@mcfall420]

Had no idea there was an audience 🤩 how wonderful to witness this live!

[@emsmith2519]

At work put me to sleep at the 28 minute mark, perfect. So relaxing!

[@Eternal_Tech]

If you are sleeping at work, I just hope that you are not a bus driver, train engineer, nuclear power plant operator, or pilot. 😊

[@emsmith2519]

Eternal Tech You can hope 😮😉

[@5672step]

Lengthening, and widening.... And widening...

[@vicklemiss]

random tall person What lovely little guidelines

[@PeruvianTreeProductions]

Anthony: everything gets grabby Diana: no need to clench

[@jackdish6633]

here I just like these videos cause they are relaxing, but how someone has made a career out of "teaching" people how to stand and sit ill never know lolol

[@mp-no9yv]

You're missing the point. Its not about getting people in and out of a chair. He's teaching a quality of movement, and just using chair work as a way of doing it.

[@rubenmanssens]

The Alexander Technique is more than just getting in and out of a chair. Most people who have neck and back aches have them because they get into a habbit of bad posture, mainly tensing up muscles that don't need to be used. Like tensing up your neck and face muscles when you sit or stand. Alexander breaks these habbits by moving you in sertain ways where you don't use those muscles and your body picks that up.

[@jackdish6633]

Ruben Manssens you cant even spell certain

[@rubenmanssens]

@@jackdish6633 yeah english isn't my mothertongue, tends to happen when you know 3 languages

[@jackdish6633]

Ruben Manssens Alexander technique and three languages, clever boy

[@lisakiely6144]

Came here for the Diana references 😅

[@jessesquer4204]

I wonder if he knows Diana?🤔🤔

[@AlexanderTechnique33]

Yes!

[@jessesquer4204]

@@AlexanderTechnique33 That's so awesome!! You made my day 😊🌟

[@eugenglobetrotter3323]

The torso needs to soften and widen up!

[@JTD472]

I have watched 5-6 videos on “the Alexander technique” and still couldn’t really tell you what the hell it is. It’s a way to stand up? To correct your posture???

[@donnaalexandra5131]

No-one know 😂😂😂

[@mikesiley4897]

@I've seen the Twinkie and the damage done is that you in the corner?

[@theodorevegh6030]

Think about your mother telling you to sit up straight. Telling you to stop slouching. It's good posture and proper lifting techniques so you don't hurt yourself. I would call it something better like "Smart Behavior." LOL

[@mittridgebibimix7809]

"Staying with not doing anything" great motto

[@AlexanderTechnique33]

Glad you like these words

[@sjmarron]

Head and neck RELATIONSHIP 😁

[@shun-li8204]

True relationship goals.

[@arwua]

Between Alexander and Diana

[@nextlevelmedia1038]

'Floating up like a kite'

[@janssenmccormick7824]

I tell you what, those lovely little guidelines are rather moreish

[@MrFirstdance2000]

Love the Clock sounding off...I think its 5 pm in London!

[@arwua]

Who is here because of Diana inatead of Alexander ?

[@kingsleepingasmr379]

Slightly confused but I thoroughly enjoyed this.

[@thehairyhikers710]

"so I want you to know only I can do something wrong" *sandwich breath intensifies*

[@chrisrva710]

"Brain is on Holiday" -this is the perfect way to describe cannabis

[@lpowers1975]

The church bells at 3:47 ❤️

[@Jonathan-xe4ec]

"It gives a flowww" Geeta: Hmmmm!

[@blazemordly9746]

Watching this video was “effort-less”.

[@theregistermee]

The sound in this is so much better. I sadly can't watch the old vidoes because the sound is so terrible or noisy.

[@AlexanderTechnique33]

Agreed. From now on, I am using better audio equipment.

[@theonlycontessa]

Not a bad way to make a lucrative living!

[@AlexanderTechnique33]

It is indeed a very satisfying and pleasurable vocation. To enable others to achieve embodied mindfulness and move towards health and healing is wonderful gift. And if you are interested, you can train too! Visit ourTraining site at: www.alexanderteacher.co.uk/

[@theonlycontessa]

Anthony Kingsley thank you. I still remember my first AT session, I felt much taller afterwards. I should have invested in myself then as I’ve shrunk back into myself since. In order to teach, you need to have lived the technique. At 59, and bent over a drawing board most days, I’m a bit long in the tooth to study for 3 years.

[@TheLazyMoney]

6:00 “bend the knee!!”

[@RennieAsh]

_I used to be an Alexanderer like you, but then I GoT a bend to the knee_

[@christianrowan1112]

"heels. . And bend the knees"

[@purplatypus7405]

More sessions please!

[@lorenzozadro2892]

Up you go

[@theodorevegh6030]

I learned the "Alexander Technique" many years ago, but I never used it because I didn't want to think about what I was doing that much. LOL - TAV ♥️🇺🇸🌎👍

[@AlexanderTechnique33]

You really don't need to think about anything if you are taught well!

[@theodorevegh6030]

@@AlexanderTechnique33 I guess it's like playing the piano. At first it is so hard to do because there are so many things to think about e.g. notes, volume, speed, words, style, and pauses. Once you practice for ten years or 10,000 hours, you can do it all very skillfully without thinking about it. LOL

[@sonsofbiscuits1]

Clicked out of curiosity. Stayed for the sandwich breath.

[@LW-qe8nk]

So when your cycling when your cooking your aware of this instrument

[@richierich8334]

So when you understand the difference between "Your and you're" come back to us and then comment.

[@gobies_galaxy]

I wish I had access to all these hokey things. I'm looking at you Alexander Technique, gem therapy, reiki and most definitely foot reflexology sessions. I'm not sure I believe a single thing from any of them, but they're definitely a relaxing way to spend some time. I think people can use this stuff because if nothing else, it gives one really good vibes.

[@lik--]

Oh yes ❤️

[@TaraFinlay]

when my other special interest videos (thames mudlarking) have chimes in the distance, and i wonder if Anthony is teaching Alexander somewhere nearby.

[@AlexanderTechnique33]

Our old Studio was in Balderton Street, opposite Selfridges, and the Selfridges chiming clock.

[@plummetplum]

After the session her neck was never to be seen again. Free as a bird.

[@TheClassic0074]

More vids! This was great!

[@AlexanderTechnique33]

Thanks. I will do some more over the next few weeks. In the meantime, if you want some more food for thought, I have just written a new introduction to Alexander’s republished (2018) classic text The Use of the Self, (1932), www.amazon.co.uk/Use-Self-F-M-Alexander/dp/1409182959/

[@TheClassic0074]

A year later still watching these now we all work in front of computer 8 hours a day! Keep it up!

[@SergioBecerraII]

I love it.

[@playoffbeard9425]

Prevent. The head. The habit.

[@clearthought9736]

always ASMR vibes

[@bigtoad45]

Interesting concept.

[@sherrybeaulieu7077]

I am very interested in this. I suffer from repetitive pain in my back and hips as I am a housekeeper. Hoping I may benefit from your videos. Thank you.

[@anthonykingsley4315]

Thanks Sherry. I hope that these videos might inspire you to have a practical Alexander experience too. Be well,

[@shun2258]

Can someone perform this technique on themselves?

[@adrionahanks4770]

Head to balance up

[@garymcgrath8246]

If only we didn't lose the supreme poise which the toddler in the poster( left ) presents

[@manginpi]

Great videos. Any chance you are making any more?

[@AlexanderTechnique33]

Hi Chris, yes, some more will be posted soon.

[@Jonathan-xe4ec]

head neck back relationship.

[@maxomatosis_]

been trying to figure out her accent whole video; my guess is one of the Scandinavian countries?

[@DrPeterVenkman383]

I think she’s German. Her accent and she mentions “German efficiency “ 13:05

[@stallonsilver]

Actually I just came for a little unintentional asmr quite quickly rather

[@BlueStar4040]

Allow the neck to be free

[@58jennypenny]

and here's me, I even 'hold' my flippin' eyebrows...

[@sherrishah]

"cuz gravity exists!" :)

[@DJIdroneabout]

Because your weight exist

[@joannaford7137]

The spine to have its length, and the torso to widen widen, which it is, so not in your normal habit, but no I don't want to go down I want to go up, like a kite, and the spine is the string of the kite, let the necck be free,,,,,,,

[@joannaford7137]

I am not interested in the movement per sec but where your thinking is, I don't want you to concentrate on the knees that's already in the brain mechanism, so let the neck be free and forward slightly, follow my little guiding movements

[@joannaford7137]

It's gives a flow doesn't it, and it's effortless, effortless, so when your holding the by cycle wheels no need to clench just enough, and when you want to pull weeds out of a garden you've got all the strength in the world,,,,,

[@icyhotmike]

We're going into the unknown now

[@mohammadlittle1306]

Can someone do this techniques alone or another person should do these to him?

[@AlexanderTechnique33]

Always advisable to do to an Alexander Teacher for guidance

[@Kyle.Wynsma]

I want you to Stand...Just in your way

[@yhwh988]

What exactly is the Alexander technique ?

[@cw7765]

I’m all for functional training, but teach it correctly.. when you sit and stand, the position of the feet are very important. The way her feet were positioned from the seated position will primarily enable quad and knee/joint activation(which will lead to more knee pain and overcompensation in other areas due to an overactive quad).. if the feet are positioned out more so that a 90° angle is made with the legs , more glute/hamstring usage will be utilized. Please teach correctly so others can follow. Also, there is a pretty decent posterior hip position that needs to be addressed, this will enable more abdominal activation which will help the overall “standing up process”. If you do not understand “neutral”, how are you to teach neutral hip position? Anyone that views this, please take it with a “grain of salt”. Thanks.

[@anthonykingsley4315]

Thanks a lot for your thoughtful feedback. The exciting thing about the Alexander Technique is that it is based on the premise that "the right thing will do itself" when we stop interfering with the natural functioning of the human organism. And so you are quite right. We do not teach functional training or any form of posture training or physiotherapy. The guidance from the Alexander Teachers hands helps to unravel habits of stress and distortion that prevent the body from healing and recovery. And it does really need to be experienced to truly "make sense". And crucially, we do not teach a correct "neutral" positions. We teach people to be free in a multitude of positions. I hope this doesn't add to the salt!

[@mikecross440]

​@@anthonykingsley4315 Can only wonder what expedient means and powers of inhibiition, or irony, lies behind "you are quite right," when CW got it so entirely and conspicuously wrong. If it were me, I would not have been able to resist telling CW (Corporeal Worker, Clever W...er?), to go take a running jump, except using fruitier language.

[@mikecross440]

@Maddy Grayson I think what's happening here is not so much a bodywork session to do with feet positioning et cetera, as a lesson. In the lesson the teacher is teaching a new pupil the rudiments of a teaching whose central gist is not to do. The decision not to do is more a function of what is happening in the brain than exactly where the feet happen to be positioned, quad actiivty, et cetera, and so the thoughts involved in the "thoughtful feedback" of CW (Condescending Worm?) are all totally misguided thoughts. Itf you are sufficiently motivated, you could take a look in Alexander's own writings to check for yourself whether I am talking out of my hat. Somebody told me that Alexander called his work "the most mental thing there is."

[@mikecross440]

@Maddy Grayson I have had lessons. It's a small point but why do you say sessions? it makes the work sound more like bodywork, and not so much about use of reason. I had one lesson with Alexander's niece Marjory Barlow that blew my mind, not because of any great sensory experience, but because she caused me to see how fundamental was the use of reason, like 2+2=4. I think you intervened out of good intentions to help me, so back at you.... foolish time wasters though we both may be. ;)

[@mikecross440]

​@Maddy Grayson It is the attitude of the Alexander body-worker which is inherently arrogant, because it involves belief that I know how to do it. CW's comment was a case in point. @AnthonyKingsley knew that perfectly well, but didn't dare to stick his head above the parapet, either out of professional acumen or spiritual cowardice.

[@hikkrzminzzy5946]

I need this where can I get it done I want to see a doctor?

[@AlexanderTechnique33]

Hi Hikkrz, If you send me a private message via the form on the website, www. alexander-technique-london.co.uk and I will reply to you.

[@AlexanderTechnique33]

I can help you find a Teacher. Maybe send me a pm from the website: www.alexander-technique-london.co.uk

[@RemyVorender]

"That's very nice."

[@Van_Der_Lay_Industries]

I believe Alexander was Tasmanian.

[@markdavies5931]

the devil :)

[@judeauhawk6884]

Diana --> Quite quickly queen

[@moretta73]

You've got a lovely breath.

[@CBU-oq1lu]

Beautiful woman