Posture for Morons

Many of my colleagues loath the word “Posture” because they witness so many moronic “Postural” methods bandied about.

A moronic Postural method is one that makes no sense.

Let me give you an example:

Some innocent souls’ lives are tortured because they were told that “sit up straight” is a good thing – and they still keep trying to do that.

I explore this at my workshop by first asking:

“Who tries to sit up straight occasionally?”

Usually, most hands go up. Then I ask:

“When you sit up straight – does that result in a feeling of less tension or more tension?”

In workshops with thousands of people, 99% of the time, I get the same answer: it feels like more tension.

Then I ask my participants a simple question:

Why do they follow a postural method that advocates making more tension?

This question is usually met with stunned silence. 

The morons are becoming smart.

Alexander is smart posture – designed for intelligent people who think about what they are doing. At your first lesson – if you get a good lesson – your teacher will be more interested in knowing how you think than in telling you how they think.

And finally, you are learning about a sensation – the sensation of being created by well-coordinated movement. 

Well-coordinated movement leads to well-coordinated living.