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The Unschooled
For a second there I thought I was coming up with something original, and maybe I was back there in the early 70′s when I first conceived of what was to become The Alexander Alliance. But now, oddly...
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In The Blink Of An Eye
He said he wanted to work on talking. In what situation are you seeing yourself talking? I’m talking to people, he says. Where are you, I ask? I’m around a table with a group of people. We’re out to...
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How Are You?
Eugene, Bruce, and Noah Fertman It was the end of class. There were a few minutes left. I asked if anyone had any questions. Mizuho, a new Alexander Alliance teacher, asked me how I listen to a...
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Seeing People
Photo: B. Fertman Because I often do my work in groups, my trainees get to watch me work with lots of people. They see I‘m not working solely with a person’s body. They see that, at heart, I am not a...
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Prayer
Photo: B. Fertman It’s happening. With my daughter in Korea, then in Japan, visiting temples and shrines, lighting incense, ringing gongs and bells, bringing our palms together, bowing in unison,...
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The Four Questions
One. Why is this night different from all other nights? No, no, not the four Passover questions, the four Alexander questions. Here are my Alexander questions for the Alexander community. If we all...
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Song Of The Open Road – The Coyote Home School Exchange Program
I inhale great draughts of space, The east and the west are mine, and The north and the south are mine. I am larger, better than I thought, I did not know I held so much goodness. Here’s the plan… I...
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All In A Days Work
Photo: B. Fertman There’s the man that, when he talks, nervously looks up and to the right, blinking rapidly. Why, I’ve no idea. I don’t bother to try and find out. I ask him to tell me what’s...
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The Great Unlearning
Photo: B. Fertman Unafraid, unashamed, unaffected. Unassuming, unarmed, unanalyzable. Unbound, unblocked, unbraced. Unburdened, unbridled, unbiased. Unchained, unclogged, uncorked. Unclassified,...
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Everyday
Marj and Bruce I will never write an autobiography. But if I did I would entitle it, Leaving Myself In Your Hands Marj Barstow lives inside of my hands, inside of my heart. Everyday.
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Looks Like Love To Me
Alexander Technique teachers could learn a lot from these physical therapists. They’re unafraid to get physical, unafraid to touch, unafraid to use their whole bodies to do their work. They don’t hold...
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Don’t Look
Photo: Tada Anchan Akihiro There’s a time to seek and a time to sense. Have you ever started looking for your glasses and then suddenly discover they are resting on your nose? Or have you ever began...
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Not This And Not That – A Kinesthetic Koan
Take habits. Little habits, like cracking one’s knuckles, or burping, or sighing, or saying um in between sentences. Or bigger habits, like getting angry, or gossiping. What would happen if we didn’t...
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This Summer In Germany
Celia Jurdant-Davis tells me a few openings remain for our Summer Retreat. It fills up quickly. Whether you are a beginner to the Alexander Technique, have studied for years, are training to become a...
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The Best Way Of All
Photo: B. Fertman It is not that we should abandon, neglect or deny our inner self, but we should learn to work precisely in it, with it, and from it, in such a way that interiority turns into...
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In Blind Daylight
Below, in the subway, sitting on a blue blanket, her hair hangs, golden, straight, long, down her back. Beside her lay a black lab, chin resting on his crisscrossed paws. A guitar in her lap, she’s...
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Song Of The Open Road – The Coyote Home School Exchange Program
I inhale great draughts of space, The east and the west are mine, and The north and the south are mine. I am larger, better than I thought, I did not know I held so much goodness. Here’s the plan… I...
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Summer Days – Coyote Home School – 6/11-14, 8/22-25, 9/5-8, 9/16, 9/19-22,...
July 11-14 with Bruce Fertman, Coyote Home School August 22-25 with Bruce Fertman, Coyote Home School September 5-8 with Bruce Fertman, Coyote Home School September 16 a day with Michael Mazur, Robyn...
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A Wordless Whisper
Photo: B. Fertman Not many folks like the wind out here. Yes, there are times, in the late afternoon, when the breeze, like waves, comes rolling in from the west, trees swaying, branches bending, and...
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Studying with Bruce Fertman
The Alexander Technique, The Peaceful Body, The Walking Way, Tai Chi Japan, Germany, USA PERSONAL WELL-BEING We want a body that can move comfortably through the years. We want a body that can work...
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