Category Archives: Back Ache – Ease

There’s Magic in the Tissue

Posted on January 4, 2021 by kirsten harris

Remember Alexander Angel Hands by Kirsten Harris Continue reading →

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On Taking Space – Creativity and the Alexander Technique

Posted on May 28, 2020 by kirsten harris

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Inhibition and a Cup of Tea

Posted on April 2, 2020 by kirsten harris

I am changing one small habit that drives me nuts and that is – not to use every cup in the house every day and end up with an unnecessary pile of washing up! One mouth, one mug! Dah! A … Continue reading →

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Art, Heart, Earth – Horizontal and Vertical Directions

Posted on February 1, 2020 by kirsten harris

I dreamt about Don Burton last night. Walter Carrington and some other teachers were there too.  Don gave me an AT turn. It started seated, my head dropped forward onto a table in front. I was full of grief. He gently … Continue reading →

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Injury and The Alexander Technique

Posted on August 18, 2019 by kirsten harris

Five months ago I tore the plantar plate on my 4th toe. The toe seems to be floating like a bit of seaweed. Oh joy! Frustrating as being lame is, I notice that I’m not suffering any aches and pains … Continue reading →

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The Magic is Now!

Posted on June 22, 2019 by kirsten harris

Every moment in every place in every country, every being has access to a portal to the magic kingdom (or magic queendom, if you prefer!) There is no other place in which to find magic apart from right here, or there, … Continue reading →

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Messages from Trees

Posted on February 16, 2019 by kirsten harris

In Nature We find Ourselves, drawing by Kirsten Harris   Messages from Trees Breathe deeply of me I am the lungs of the world, my health and yours are one Let your spine flow upwards and your limbs flow freely … Continue reading →

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Is Your Head Screwed On Right?

Posted on February 7, 2019 by kirsten harris

Anatomy and Art, Cartoon by Kirsten Harris    Is your head screwed on right?   I love the way our language and the phases we use reveal so much on closer inspection! We might say ‘so and so hasn’t got their … Continue reading →

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How to get a sore neck!

Posted on January 17, 2019 by kirsten harris

Slump a lot Let your head poke forward so your neck has to work really hard all the time Sit cross legged Slump even more Get angry and stressed Worry a lot, definitely sweat the small stuff Hold onto ‘stuff’ … Continue reading →

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Enthusiasm

Posted on January 13, 2019 by kirsten harris

One of the total joys of teaching Alexander Technique is that you learn so much yourself! It is an amazing two way process that is utterly engaging. As soon as I start teaching a quality of enthusiasm emerges from me … Continue reading →

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How to Be a Flop!

Posted on January 2, 2019 by kirsten harris

How To Be A Flop, Cartoon by Kirsten Harris   Instead of a ‘how to be a success’ blog I thought I would write one about how to be a flop! Let’s take some pressure off and hopefully make life … Continue reading →

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The Daily Ease

Posted on October 5, 2018 by kirsten harris

I gave my blog the title The Daily Ease as a reminder to make time for a daily ease.   What does a daily ease mean to you?   lying down in consecutive rest aka semi supine going for a … Continue reading →

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Enough is Enough!

Posted on September 24, 2018 by kirsten harris

Do you read ‘enough is enough’ as a positive or a negative? An affirmation or a telling off? A plenty abundance or a never again?  A good enough or a not good enough?   If enough is a negative, is it … Continue reading →

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Rampage of Appreciation – Training to be an Alexander Technique Teacher

Posted on May 13, 2018 by kirsten harris

RAMPAGE OF APPRECIATION – TRAINING TO BE AN ALEXANDER TECHNIQUE TEACHER   At the age of 24 the Alexander Technique changed my life! That first hands-on lesson with it’s gently encouraging profound words from my first teacher, Astrid Cox, are … Continue reading →

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The Giraffe

Posted on October 27, 2017 by kirsten harris

The Giraffe by Kirsten Harris   ‘You’re having a laugh’ said the baby giraffe ‘If you think I’m going up there! I’ve no head for heights, they give me a fright I don’t want to be tall, it’s not fair!’ … Continue reading →

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Ki – How I Discovered Alexander Technique

Posted on September 18, 2017 by kirsten harris

Ki   Here’s a girl, nick-name Ki Yup, a verse, all about me A teenager who slumped and slouched Growled and groaned, and then BIG OUCH! My back packed up, could take no more Age 24, in pain on the … Continue reading →

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The Naughty Step!

Posted on January 18, 2017 by kirsten harris

  I had to share this insight from a teenager …..   Yesterday, during a constructive rest session requested by one of the teenage boys at the high school where I teach Alexander Technique, 17 year old Harry quipped-   … Continue reading →

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STOPPING – The Most Magical Gift of All!

Posted on December 18, 2016 by kirsten harris

Do you know how to rest constructively? To stop, once a day, and give yourself the best gift of all?   To simply, quickly and effectively LET GO for a short period of time, so that you can bounce back … Continue reading →

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Fancy That!

Posted on November 4, 2016 by kirsten harris

Fancy That! by Kirsten Harris   ‘When I say ‘I’m tired!’ I feel rather flat But if I say ‘I’ve energy’ I do have! Fancy that!’         ‘Gently purring, resting easy Neck a free releasing muscle stream … Continue reading →

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Bone Up!

Posted on October 28, 2016 by kirsten harris

  Bone Up! by Kirsten Harris   ‘Bare bones of matter, skeleton insight – Spaced joints, mobile, long, supporting, freely upright! Strong ‘Architect’ designed skeleton, not a bony wrecked fright Haunted by creaking by day and by night!   One … Continue reading →

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I Feel Like I am Floating

Posted on July 14, 2016 by kirsten harris

  Taking the time To lie in semi supine Is good for my spine And helps me feel fine   17 minutes of time On the floor is sublime Let go to align My bodies design   Think into my … Continue reading →

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