There is No Future in Feeling – It Hasn't Happened Yet!

Last night one of my trainees was doing a simple thing – opening his horn case and pulling it.

And yet, every moment, he was "wondering".

- Am I doing this right?
- Could I do this better?
- What am I doing wrong?

In Alexander-speak we call this “checking feelings” and FM's insight is the second great discovery he made.

I bet your students think that sometimes? 

(And you too most likely, I know I still can.)

It involves trying to feel your body: then, you don't like what you feel, so then you start trying to find the right feeling…? I see a lot of people do that.

Well, here's my tip of wisdom today:

Don't turn sensing into a motor action – that is insane, because sensing is passive. You can't switch it off – try telling your eyes to stop seeing these words - which means you also can't switch sensing on. It’s already on! 

You can highlight it, but you can't produce it.

You cannot make yourself feel something. It is not how you are designed. Feelings – whether sensory or emotional – are reports from your past! 

(Even if that past was only a nano-second ago.)

So if you can't change feelings directly, what can you do?

You study the actions that produce feelings. When you do something well, you feel great. When you do something poorly, you feel terrible.

Feelings are there to confirm or deny the success of your actions – but to learn anything, you need a plan first.

That's what Alexander's Discovery is all about – finding a movement plan that is harmonious with Nature and what you want to do. What you want to do maybe teaching an Alexander lesson, doing an asana, singing a song, playing a musical instrument, making martial arts move or just walking to work without your knees hurting.

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- Alexander plan
- replacement plan
- turnaround plan
- movement plan
- if/when plan...

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