PHYSICAL EDUCATION 2.0
Remember phys ed in high school? It was all about competition, exertion, strain and effort. We learned to play soccer, basketball, and baseball. We would run a mile or two and do calisthenics. There was wrestling for the guys and gymnastics too. Some of it I even enjoyed, and maybe I developed a bit […]
THE TROUBLE WITH SPORTS
On sports: “It should be an experience of pleasure, happiness and healthy recreation to all concerned, not an unnatural struggle involving distortion and loss of consciousness through the ‘determination’ to gain an end even at the cost of personal exhaustion and damage.” From: “The Trouble With Physical Exercises” By F. Matthias Alexander, the developer of […]
ADJUSTING THE CHEST
When we speak of adjusting any part of the body, it is often the spinal adjustments we are referring to. But almost any joint can become strained and distorted. And most joints can also be manipulated and adjusted including those in the skull and the chest. Chest adjustment, particularly near the top of the chest, […]
CONTEMPLATION
I lean and loafe at my ease …. observing a spear of summer grass. from Walt Whitman’s “Song of Myself” in Leaves of Grass CONTEMPLATION I lean and loaf and sit around Taking in the sights and sounds Of shore or meadow or a wooded trail; I’ll watch a squirrel shake its tail Or […]
REMEDY FOR PROLONGED SITTING
Most of us sit for long periods of time. We sit at the computer, our desk, in the car, or on a chair or couch when we read or watch TV. For many of us sitting defines what we are actually doing most of the day. And the fact is so much sitting can have […]