Tag Archives: constructive rest

Conscious Slobbing

Posted on May 30, 2020 by kirsten harris

I love a good turn of phrase and a friend came out with this one last week, slightly regretfully, in that he felt he hadn’t done enough during lockdown. ‘Thats brilliant! Conscious slobbing, I love it! That is enough. Thats … 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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Happy Hibernating

Posted on December 13, 2018 by kirsten harris

Polar Bears, Watercolour by Kirsten Harris   ‘Winter, a time for hibernation.’  The familiar warm tones of David Attenborough’s voice over … an idea begins to form. Teaching Alexander Technique at school, as we approach the shortest day of the … 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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Hard Cheese!

Posted on November 18, 2017 by kirsten harris

Hard Cheese! by Kirsten Harris   Thirty three vertebrae Support the body through the day They’re your inner building bricks Stack them well, let’s not be thick!   Disease, perhaps a lack of ease? A painful back and hips and … Continue reading →

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The Really Random Magic Show

Posted on October 9, 2017 by kirsten harris

This has been making me smile all week so I thought I would share a very quick story. Last week I introduced Alexander Technique to a new group of 12 year olds.   My classes are interactive, with lots of … 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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Alexander Technique Is Like Harry Potter World!

Posted on May 10, 2017 by kirsten harris

‘Forward and Up Witch’   Today at school one of the children announced –   ‘Alexander Technique is fun! You’re like a teacher from Harry Potter world Miss! Alexander Technique is Magic.’   (Funny how an image of the fuzzy … 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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