Change Your Life with the Alexander Technique | August Berger | TEDxYouth@NBPS

[@AC-ql5gb]

Im an actor. I studied the Alexander Technique in my training program over 10 years ago. This was probably the most powerful aspect of my training. I didnt realize that until i ran into a stint of depression. Saved my life. Now i dont go a few hours without checking my points of contact, freeing my neck, allowing my spine to float in its natural curvature and honoring the power of the new moment with each breath.

[@seliavlak]

As a fellow actor, thank you for sharing your experience. I'm going to try this.

[@WilliamAhlert]

I love how wholesome it is that the bass player wanted to get to the root of the problem.

[@PabloVestory]

Lol tremendous musical joke!

[@DanielKodiak]

That’s a really good joke 😂 I’m actually here to fix my bow hand (cello) but it’s difficult because I have no idea what they’re talking about

[@cmcgloughlin]

I c what u did there

[@brattingprincess]

Daniel Lopez same and I'm a violinist.

[@ULYSSES-31]

A fundamental point

[@alkazemimona]

Thank you August Berger for talking about Alexander Technique and saying that it saved your career. The points you highlighted are the most important, in my opinion, and you were really effective in how you interacted with the audience! I wish everyone who benefits from the Technique speaks about it so that Alexander Technique becomes as widespread as it deserves to be.

[@michaeljackson8180]

I am also a double bassist and my new applied teacher asked me if I had ever heard of this method. Thanks for a great introduction into Alexander and I hope your career is going well!

[@marcuselia5329]

As a 5k runner, rower, and then a classroom teacher I developed painful posture/proprioceptive habits over the years. AT has probably added years of pain-free joint function to my life! Thanks for sharing.

[@karingracey2536]

I am a professional horse rider. The Alexander Technique saved my riding career!🙏

[@CelestialTrailblazer]

How ?

[@kiplukewhitehead8522]

It's a fantastic technique which goes deeper and deeper. It's like wings for a musician and sportspeople.

[@NickolasJMcKee-yu3ln]

Alexander Technique is a beautiful practice. I discovered it at the California Institute of the Arts. Thanks Ms. Babette!

[@kynanpatram]

Great lecture, August! You did a wonderful job of what seems to be a very difficult thing to do: explain what the AT is to the uninitiated. Some say it took FM 3 years, while most claim 10 by himself. It took me 20 with help. But I was only allowed to take lessons for about 5 times of that time. Imagine your enemies prohibiting you from taking lessons to remedy your problem, and setting back it's solution for over a decade. That would have sucked, huh?

[@YelenaIzKislovodska]

I like . AT enthusiast here, potential Alexander Yoga teacher as AT changed a lot in my practice, and my vision. Actually it feels like the concepts Alexander became aware of are pretty much concepts of yoga philosophy, YET because he was a one-person discover, the whole thing is more consise and more specific, which allows it to be more instructable. And more useful, IMHO.

[@RosePetal17]

I've started a singing class online, and the vocal teacher has studied The Alexander Technique. For homework, she asked us to watch "The Art of Breathing" with Jessica Wolf. I realize, as someone who has been more fearful and anxious, how I hold my shoulders up and tensed a lot of the time. It is a muscle memory, and I am now so interested in this method. Yes, it is a lovely introductory video.

[@MikeD-hn9hf]

Interesting. I didn't realise until watching this that there are parallel's been between this method/it's stages and what I'd been consciously applying to my practice of Muay Thai to improve technique and reduce muscle soreness. Makes me want to explore more purposefully

[@Alextechmotion]

Thanks so much for this very clear introduction. And thanks for sharing how the Alexander Technique has played an important role in your life!

[@michele8154]

I am a massage therapist and I got absolutely nothing out of this video. I still have no clue what AT is, how it works, how to apply it, why it works....

[@beeveearr]

Yeah I've found that nowhere online gives any proper detail

[@lanedehnel587]

This is a TED talk, not an instructional video 🤷‍♀️

[@kojokubii]

Exactly what i was thinking 😂 Am a physio and nowhere actually says what AT is... Its like a cult haha

[@patmureithi]

Try a session

[@ametrineambrosia4929]

@@kojokubii so I'm not the only completely confused person who doesn't get how this is any different from just having good posture??

[@markjaye1]

A very nice introductory video on the Alexander Technique.

[@ChandravijayAgrawal]

this is greatest golden TED talk and only 3k views till now thanks KZbin i came here whil searching for Alexander technique

[@XSAoRAD]

221 people allowed their neck to be free.

[@DennySantos23]

Great talk. Wonderful introduction.

[@dhanushsridhar3772]

wow this speech was great mr. berger, nice job

[@TheLayTest]

After doing this, i just realised that theres a strong pain in my right shoulder that i normally wouldnt ever feel. And now i really feel it. I wonder how i get rid of it and what im doing to cause this.

[@kerinblack689]

Excellent short introduction!

[@shubhangijoshimusic]

Who's here from the ASMR community, thanks to Diana Devitt Dawson? :D

[@VeronicaB70]

Me!!! Greetings from Cancún, Méx!!!

[@bohodiak722]

Excellent presentation. Very well explained I had AT lessons decades ago. Tremendously helpful

[@MaryOKC]

I was waiting for it...and nuttin.

[@bakaraymoo7389]

Nice duck face boomer. Mega cringe

[@shane9525]

BakaRaymoo look at your comment and name 😐

[@masvas1]

This video just inspired me to look some more into this. I think it's going to help me with a couple of uncomfortable ongoing physical issues. Thank you for this video.

[@backpaingone-fmalexanderdi7798]

great introduction!

[@Sajtkukac25]

And remember to love before hatred will prevail :)

[@renudhasmana84]

Thankyou so much

[@zhujunese]

Thank you

[@kzlarmalezzettarifleri6708]

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[@timothyhimself]

Outstanding.

[@ametrineambrosia4929]

Isn't that the same as simply having good posture??

[@markscountlessbarks]

No.

[@OldManDave1960]

Yup

[@lawsthatattract_]

shooketh

[@express375]

Great, now to find a TEACHER?

[@theodorevegh6030]

Why don't they teach all K12 kids the Alexander Technique? 🤔 - TAV ♥️🇺🇸🌎👍

[@MisterOpera]

because there is no scientific support for it whatsoever, despite AT supporters investing significant time and energy in studies trying to show some sort of benefit.

[@theodorevegh6030]

@@MisterOpera The Alexander Technique reminds me of Delsarte. Google "Genevieve Stebbins and The Delsarte System of Expression." The K12 schools should teach all students to be Orators. Speech is the highest expression of emotion. - TAV ♥️🇺🇸🌎👍

[@McChrister]

Interesting🙏🏼👋🏼🇨🇦

[@tattooartbytony631]

Awesome video !!

[@DiegoNavaja]

Nice !

[@Its_aallii]

how is no one here bc of school

[@AlexanderTechniqueMadeEasy]

It’s all true!

[@alsterg]

Where is the supporting peer reviewed published evidence? Looks and sounds very much like pseudoscience mixed with proper science so that it's difficult to tell apart

[@helenbowns96]

From the BMJ study: "The effect of 24 lessons in the Alexander technique was greater at one year than at three months, with a 42% reduction in Roland disability score and an 86% reduction in days in pain compared with the control group "

[@MrDillon45]

This dude sounds like sal from Kahn academy.

[@menib7574]

Why does he sounds like the exotic butters guy

[@bodhique7626]

geez that sounds like ryan gosling speaking

[@JolinHard]

Can someone explain. He sounds too smart

[@lyalldavis2405]

Quackery 101

[@you-cf7df]

My life did not changed

[@kellysooth602]

This was a waste

[@delicious_seabass]

0% science, 100% delusion.

[@investment7553]

Blonde milf in blue was loving it.

[@MagnumDB]

Okay, um... he’s hurting so he’s just asking himself if he’ll need surgery and what good would it do if the pain came back? Here’s an idea: GO TO A DOCTOR. Someone who would actually know what the issue was. Someone that could tell you if you needed surgery and if that surgery would permanently fix the problem. “I needed to get to the root of the problem.” I don’t believe you because otherwise you’d have gone to the doctor to find out.

[@carolinehooper524]

Wow ! How sad to have such a narrow outlook on the world around.

[@carolinehooper524]

@magnumdb

[@tomdean829]

Doctors don't care about the cause. They just write you prescriptions or perform surgery.

[@floydmillar2875]

Good luck with that mate

[@TheTurulhawk]

Nice that you have such faith in the medical profession. Are you a doctor? Medical student? How many doctors have I been to who couldn't tell me what the root of the problem was. Completely useless. Ultimately, it's postural and surgery wouldn't do a thing for that. And guess what, he resolved his problem without surgery by following this technique. Weren't you listening? My chiropractor has helped me more than any MD - no surgery and guess what, it's postural.

[@numi1141]

you doing it all wrong,you have to grap the floor with your feets.

[@apurvaprajapati9939]

You ducker! Extremely low quality of voice couldn't be heard at all. I watched this video through CC! Disliked.