A PS to Musicians - how useful is Alexander Technique? Feldenkrais?

[George Robinson <grcomm...>]

There is a page on the site I just mentioned specifically oriented to
instrumentalists:
http://www.alexandertechnique.com/musicians.htm

George

Alas, where is human nature so
weak as in a bookstore?
  -Henry Ward Beecher
----- Original Message -----
From: "Lori Cahan-Simon" <l_cahan (at) staff(dot)chuh(dot)org>
To: "World music from a Jewish slant" <jewish-music (at) shamash(dot)org>
Sent: Monday, June 16, 2003 9:19 PM
Subject: Re: Musicians - how useful is Alexander Technique? Feldenkrais?


> Would someone be kind enough to explain alexander and feldenkrais to the
> uninitiated?
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> Lorele
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> George Robinson wrote:
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> > I've done Alexander technique, but I'm not an instrumentalist so I'm
> > not sure how useful my experience would be. I found it enormously
> > helpful in several ways (not the least of them being that it brought
> > my height from 5-7-1/4 to 5-8). I'm considering acupuncture for my
> > neck, hand and arm pain, all of which is computer related. I'd like to
> > hear more, although this is rather OT, isn't it.
> >
> > George (no, I'm 5-8) Robinson
> > Alas, where is human nature so
> > weak as in a bookstore?
> >   -Henry Ward Beecher
> >
> >     ----- Original Message -----
> >     From: MaxwellSt (at) aol(dot)com <mailto:MaxwellSt (at) aol(dot)com>
> >     To: World music from a Jewish slant
<mailto:jewish-music (at) shamash(dot)org>
> >     Sent: Monday, June 16, 2003 7:00 PM
> >     Subject: Re: Musicians - how useful is Alexander Technique?
> >     Feldenkrais?
> >
> >     In a message dated 6/16/2003 5:58:13 PM Central Daylight Time,
> >     goobietheg (at) hotmail(dot)com <mailto:goobietheg (at) 
> > hotmail(dot)com> writes:
> >
> >>     Also accupuncture and what is called sacro crainal massage.  Both
> >>     of these are useful. Especially someone who has dealt with sports
> >>     injuries, because musician injuries can have similar symptomology
> >>     as sports injuries, because of repetive motion.
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> >     I agree. I had very good experiences with acupuncture in the neck
> >     for shoulder pain/carpal tunnel.  (Oy!  So vot can I kvetch about
> >     now?!)
> >
> >     Lori @ MAX
> >
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