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This portal of www.franis.org features Alexander Technique Simplified.
What is in all the links are explained below.
New location for Private lessons in Waikoloa, on the Kona side of the Big Island of Hawaii. New voice phone number: area code (808) 883-3334 Private or shared lessons are $65. - $80. each. But you can get a deal by paying for eight lessons in advance at only $40. per lesson!
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Check out the fascinating blog on Alexander Technique
How capable is anyone of self-improvement? Read what the Technique has given people,
all here in an unbelievable list of benefits. These are testimonials of opening
possibilities.
Alexander Technique is rumored to be impossible to put into words. Read a list of how other people
have defined it here.
If you've had Alexander lessons and want to be able to say something intelligent when asked what it is,
from this page you can try these fill-in-the-blank sentences,
here.
For those who might
be feeling academic, here is a long, but very complete encyclopedia style definition.
"The Technique" is unusual for an amazing number of original concepts and fascinating ideas, such as how to be self-aware without being self-conscious. Learn three of the most important Alexander principles and how they work together here.
Why do people ever stop doing the Alexander Technique? Cautions, disadvantages, pitfalls, discouragements,
and strange things that happen to Alexander students. Read about these secrets so that you can avoid
these common discouragements,
here.
If you're curious what we're going to cover in the next Alexander Technique workshop, click here for more information about these classes.
If you're wondering exactly how such abstracted principles as those in Alexander Technique would be effectively applied in learning a specific skill, check out this short page on learning to juggle three items, here.
For those people who have become convinced they could never juggle, Alexander Technique principles can help! Proof of that will be in the longer, more in-depth and thorough version of how to juggle, which is here.
Right now, you can read accounts of people describing what happens to them as Alexander Technique works, on this page.
If you are familiar with the Alexander Technique, report your experiences
here, - anonymously or signed, as you like. Tell web surfers your story of how and why you continue to learn Alexander Technique, what it has done for you, and have links to your webpage or a webpage of your choice.
by studying the mannerisms of your kinesthetic sense.