Alexander Identity Confusion – A New Trans-teacher Profession
Oct 27, 2019"What are you?!"
"What is it you do???"
Many a student has expressed surprise and felt overwhelmed after receiving their first Alexscovery lesson. Traumatized by the bewildering results of their lessons, students often hide the fact they even have lessons!
Because they know of no way to adequately describe to their friends and family how it works; or what exactly their teacher is doing.
There's no vocabulary for it, no history, no precedent.
A singer believes you are a great vocal coach.
(even though you're pitch deaf)
An instrumentalist wants to swap out her Music teacher for you.
(even though you think Middle C is a place in Egypt)
An athlete adds you to their mentors' list
(even though you're overweight and don't exercise)
And so on and so on.
It's a case of identity confusion: not transgender, but trans teacher.
Alexscovery teachers are fluid.
Trans-teachers can morph into different varieties, depending on the student's needs. They can do this because of what they do. And what do they do?
They are the keepers of evolutionary integrity.
Alexander's work springs from 550,000 million years of Chordata evolution. Back in that day - they didn't have singers, instrumentalists and athletes. No, Madame – it was eat, or be eaten; move or die. Elementary life. Creatures that were orientated by having a front face and a back end. Food flowed one way, and everything evolved to optimize that movement.
Until we reached a Rachmaninov concerto.
Being ready for this identity confusion, getting into your definitions – this is essential work. Many students express wonder and confusion about Alexander work, and in fact, so do many teachers.
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