If you’ve heard of the Alexander Technique, you may associate it with “good posture.” In my fifth conversation with trauma survivor and trauma awareness activist Shay Seaborne, we discuss the implications and impact of posture and body language on people … Continue reading →
We are always going to find ourselves in stressful situations. That’s a given. Learning to respond differently – in a way that reduces significantly the amount of stress we experience, before, during and afterward – is key. Here are seven … Continue reading →
A couple of weeks ago I was interviewed by Robert Rickover for the BodyLearning podcast about how the Alexander Technique can help women in business. We covered a lot. We discussed some of the specific challenges women face that men generally … Continue reading →
Who wants to think about their posture? Tedious, dull, and BORING are words that come to mind. I also sense something like “dutiful” – something you should pay attention to, but somehow you don’t. Good posture seems to have something … Continue reading →
This week I’m sharing just three things about the mind-body connection I believe it is essential for everyone to know. #1 There is no mind-body connection! It’s much more than that. It is actually mind-body UNITY. They are not separate, … Continue reading →
At the moment I am avidly reading Lean In: Women, Work, and the Will to Lead by Sheryl Sandberg. In it she examines women’s progress in achieving leadership roles, why it has faltered, and offers suggestions to empower women to … Continue reading →
I’ve been thinking recently about all the ways the Alexander Technique supports and helps me as a self-employed woman in business–a solo entrepreneur (or even “solopreneur”) as we seem to be called these days. This may seem pretty obvious–after all, … Continue reading →
I was fascinated by this talk by social psychologist and Harvard professor, Amy Cuddy. Our body language affects how others see us, but Cuddy’s research suggests it also affects how we see ourselves. She shows how “power posing” (using expansive, … Continue reading →
