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Dear Alliance Trainees and Teachers – In Light of Covid-19
Dear Alliance Trainees and Teachers, My thoughts are with all of you as, together, we find ourselves in unknown territory. Alexander writes, “That rigid routine we refer to as habit, this rigid...
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In Good Company – The Physiology of Self-Respect
In these days, I am happily at work on a book entitled, In Good Company – The Physiology of Self-Respect. In these times, this book, in itself, is good company for me. Today, the thought occurred to...
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A Learning Opportunity – Free – April 27-May 1, 2020 – The Somatic Summit
To my friends, students, and trainees, as well as to my faculty and co-directors, Here is an opportunity to listen and learn from very experienced people in the field of Somatic Education. I was...
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Flying in Formation
Photo by: Miles Orchinik To My Dear Trainees, Faculty, Grads, and Post Grads, My childhood friend, Miles Orchinik, now a professor of neurophysiology once told me that, for animals, it appears fear has...
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Fieldnotes – Gleanings from the Life and Work of Tommy Thompson – A Review of...
Parallel play. That’s when toddler’s play adjacent to one another without trying to influence one another’s behavior. Two kids, playing alone, in the same space with a peripheral interest in what the...
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Turning the World Inside Out
“I only went out for a walk, and finally concluded to stay out till sundown, for going out, I found, was really going in.” John Muir One day, I too came to this same realization. Because of where I...
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A Grace of Sense – Where Our Inner World and Outer World Meet – Part I – A 10...
What is it that makes us feel alone? As we do our best to survive this pandemic, asking this question, finding some answers, and more importantly working out some real solutions might help us not only...
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It’s Going to Happen – October 3rd to December 6th, 2020
Already people have registered to partake in, A Grace of Sense – Where Our Inner World and Outer World Meet, from Scotland, England, Italy, Germany, Switzerland, Iran, Australia, New Zealand,...
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Living Up to Her Name
When I first saw her I did not know who she was. She was on stage, alone, dancing. Her movements were unusually clear, articulate, intelligent, lucid. Her phrasing and timing, unpredictable. “Who is...
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The Top Ten Myths about the Alexander Technique
A fellow Alexander teacher asked if I had a transcript of my little youtube video, Top Ten Myths about the Alexander Technique. It was somewhere in my computer. I found it and tweaked it just a bit. I...
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To Receive the Early, Early Bird Rate, Register By August 15th!
Just to remind you that our Early, Early Bird rate ends on August 15th. If you know you would like to take this course, now is the time to register. If you do not know about this course offering, take...
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A Grace of Sense – Where Our Inner World and Outer World Meet – an Online...
A Grace of Sense Where Our Inner World and Outer World Meet October 3rd to December 6, 2020 Just to remind you that our Early Bird rate ends before September 14th. If you know you would like to take...
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New Thought Vermont Presents an Online Workshop with Bruce Fertman
Sensing Space/Sensing Time Physical Contemplations on the Experience of Space and Time September 10,11,12 8-9:15pm Eastern via Zoom Photo: Bruce Fertman Sensing Space We all possess a sense of space...
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One Week Remains Before, A Grace of Sense, Begins.
One week remains before our online course, A Grace of Sense, begins. If you have been meaning to join but have forgotten to register, now is the time. Or, if you are just seeing this now, it is...
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A Letter to My Children
Kids, You both know how politically oriented I am as a person. That is because I have watched our country go down the tubes, slowly but surely, from the time Ronald Reagan became president. Why that...
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Deep
Photo: B. Fertman There are two kinds of people.Foxes and Hedgehogs. Foxes dig lots of shallow holes, spreading out all over the place.Their coats are silky, shiny, and colorful. They’re...
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Student Voices from Grace of Sense
Honestly, I was not sure that this online teaching was going to work. I was skeptical. After all, my work is so profoundly physical and personal. But it did work. Now, I am eager to get back in the...
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How Mr. Rogers Taught Us to Meet Life’s Challenges
Fred Rogers A fellow AT teacher and I were wondering together about the overlap between teaching and healing. Clearly, we were teachers, educators, but might we also be healers? And, if we were...
View ArticleTeaching by Hand/Learning by Heart by Bruce Fertman – Now A Kindle Book – $9.00
Announcing Teaching by Hand/Learning by Heart by Bruce Fertman now available as a Kindle eBook for $9.00 I invite you to listen to two stories from Teaching by Hand/Learning by Heart Read by Jenny...
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