Think, Don’t Do? Back in my early years of teaching at the Constructive Teaching Centre in London, I had a phone call from a young man who wanted to begin having lessons. During the call he said something that might … Continue reading →
Sensory education and going wrong If we go back now to the early part of Chapter III of CCCI, Imperfect Sensory Appreciation, there are two paragraphs in the middle of the second page of the chapter (page 99) which I … Continue reading →
Category Errors Moving on a little in CCCI to the next chapter titled Illustration, we read on page 115 that the orders to the neck to relax to order the head forward and up to lengthen the spine are preventive … Continue reading →
Preventive or Positive Descriptions of giving lessons in FM’s books include some potentially confusing references to guiding orders or directions and whether they are to be treated as inhibitory, or to be kept in mind (“projected”), or to be carried … Continue reading →
This is the first part of several posts stimulated by questions from AT teacher Regina Stratil of Graz, Austria. Some of her questions revolved around the ways in which FM describes giving lessons in his books. This reminded me of … Continue reading →
This is a way of practicing HoBoC which I find very useful for myself as it can be very energising, and experienced AT people I’ve shown it to have usually also found it quite dynamic and helpful. Describing an experiential … Continue reading →
Head, neck, back relationship: when your spine supports your head and your rib cage (thorax) you no longer need to grip your head and your ribs to support your spine.
Continue reading →Regarding training procedures for hands on work, I was of course around the Carringtons as one of their everyday assistants for many years and so observed the development of their training procedures. When I began directing a training course myself … Continue reading →
A friend and colleague, Paolo Frigoli from Coccaglio, Italy asked me to set down anything I know about this subject as there seem to be so many different assertions about it floating around in the online world. So here are … Continue reading →
This is something I’ve been talking about for many years in workshops and in training courses, but I recently realised I hadn’t actually put it in writing anywhere except in my chapter for the book Ageing with Poise* ed. by … Continue reading →