Check out this great article by Frank M. Sheldon, former Director of The Virginia School for Alexander Technique and Co-Founder of the summer Sweet Briar, Virginia residential course in the Alexander Technique.
This article is a wonderful reminder that awareness in practice helps us "get out of our own way" when performing. How we work on music is truly the most important route to success. "Cramming" for your lesson is the worst possible scenario for progress!
My technique is based on inhibition, the inhibition of undesirable, unwanted responses to stimuli, and hence it is primarily a technique for the development of the control of human reaction.--F. Matthias Alexander
Alexander Technique for Musicians: Working to a Principle by Pedro de Alcantara
More information about the Alexander Technique
Practice wisely and with awareness.
Catherine
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