I'm thinking about Alexander technique as the art of allowing emergence. Allowing is the action and the emergence of that which is already true is the result. But in Alexander Technique we are not unbiased in what we allow...
I'm thinking about Alexander technique as the art of allowing emergence. Allowing is the action and the emergence of that which is already true is the result. But in Alexander Technique we are not unbiased in what we allow (not just any allowing will result in emergence), we are directional, directing the allowing towards what is innate. And we know that what is innate to our organism is ease, efficiency, adaptability, brilliance, and whole health. What is so lovely about this is it means we don't have to manufacture whole health or create a solution, we simply practice strategies for allowing (stepping aside, dismantling, hospice-ing, getting out of the way, unlearning). Emergence will happen if we stop impeding it. The river will flow if we dismantle the dam. So we need to know our dams and practice dismantling them so the river can run. I feel strongly that this is true in our physical bodies (unlearning a collapse habit can allow for the innately free movement of my spine), in our social bodies (unlearning a familial pattern can allow for innately easeful ways of relating), and in our cultural bodies (dismantling structures of oppression can allow for innate collective care and liberation). Just as it is impossible to separate body/mind/spirit, it is impossible to separate the individual/social/cultural. The river will flow if we dismantle the dams.