Unscrunch yourself
As a little experiment, I'd like you to 'scrunch' yourself.
Consciously tighten a bunch of muscles in your face, neck, shoulders, back, wherever, and hold for a couple of moments. Get a sense of what you're doing to add all this tension to your...
Michael Ashcroft — 4 min read
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Couldness as a way into aliveness
In a recent YouTube video talking about his experience exploring Alexander Technique, Tasshin came up with the term couldness as a way of capturing a way into a particular way of being that my own Alexander Technique teacher calls 'aliveness'....
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Don't crash into the tree!
I recently came across the concept of target fixation on a walk around Wikipedia.
Target fixation is an attentional phenomenon observed in humans in which an individual becomes so focused on an observed object (be it a target or hazard) that they inadvertently increase their risk of colliding with the...
Michael Ashcroft — 3 min read
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How to be natural on camera by expanding awareness
I’m currently part way through a project to ‘make 100 YouTube videos’, the idea being to get comfortable on camera and to eventually become some sort of YouTube influencer guy. Or something.
Most of these videos have involved me screaming into the void, but this one struck a chord...
Michael Ashcroft — 3 min read
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