In other news...

[gothick]

In other news, I had my first Alexander Technique lesson today. It was technically a group lesson, but there was only one other student there. I have now forgotten how to walk, have no idea how to sit, and am generally very confused when it comes to standing up. I understand that this is progress.

It all made sense, in that encouraging kind of way that all the best life lessons do: it seems to be basically applied common sense, and the strange bit is how you notice that you've been doing things that are clearly a bit dumb and counterproductive for ages without really realising it. This could be very good for me, if I manage to keep the awareness up, anyway.

Comments

[andre-powell.livejournal.com]

I won't go into the Alexander Technique, I have heard of it and that is all I know of it.
I would posit the following.
Disorganised systems descend into the lowest point of entropy that still allow the disordered system to survive its requirements.
Thus when there is no initial exterior agency to alter a system it gets to the point of getting the job done and then becomes static.
I have seen cats with bad posture, legs in all the wrong places when they sit, but because they are a cat, they get up, slouch over to some other position to be admired and then ignore everyone.
Cats are fundamentally so cool.
The only times that Cats are not cool is when they encounter loaded water pistols waved around by men with mustaches.