The Mindfulness in Motion Blog

by Alan Bowers

Breath is Enlightenment

Breath is enlightenment, a light you can shine into any part of your body. When I walk, I tend to ruminate, think upon things past or future. When I do...

Teaching and playing a musical instrument

Who would not wish to play a musical instrument, to have at our command a piece of technology that outshone all others for centuries. We choose an instrument–a horn, a...

Touch and the Alexander Technique

The healing power of touch is a field of unexplored potential. I place my hands on the fine pianist pictured below. My index finger embodies our forward. My thumb embodies...

Imagining constructive rest

Book a session of constructive rest–expansive and vitally refreshing–a highly creative encounter with Alexander Technique. You’ll temporarily disengage all your habits connected with your uprightness and engage the formidable powers...

The instrument you’re playing is always your self.

The instrument you’re playing is always your self. Your play may be perceived as brilliant and prolific, yet, in your heart of hearts you know there is something more to...
Move with Alexander Technique

Claim your birthright with Alexander Technique.

The Alexander Technique was invented far before any of us were born. It was created in an age of few freedoms, where science and society crushed individuality. It was in...

Dancing with the universe

You are a plaything in Earth’s game of push-me pull-me. All the bodies in your universe, and everything in your surroundings–human beings and objects–have mass. They’re invisibly attracting you, pulling...
Quote Marks
"Beating the drum, rolling the ball, rising from the chair,
union with the thing being done, are the gifts of both Zen
and Alexander Technique."

Living Alexander Technique

“Attention is the world’s most precious commodity.
Pay it forward.“