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Check out my new video, where I demonstrate the quintessential basics of Tai Chi “Yang short form”, using the emerging science of biotensegrity. Featured on Embodied Biotensegrity new video learning course. Thank you for watching, Ed Bilanchone
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A Parable for Our Time There are moments in our lives when illumination strikes. We are brought in to the light like the Roman tax collector Saul on the road to Damascus being “struck” by the holy spirit, […]
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Flip on a light switch or turn on the water. Do you ever think about all the people and processes necessary to make that happen? Do you think about how to generate, control, and transmit power or pressurize, […]
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Wax On, Wax Off Anyone who saw the movie The Karate Kid will remember the immortal phrase “Wax on, wax off.” It has come to symbolize the disciplined practice necessary for success in the martial arts. The phrase […]
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Weirdly Comforting: Breaking the cycle of habit through the Indirect Procedure of Inhibition Inhibition is the central operating principle of the Alexander Technique. It is what makes Alexander’s work a unique mind/body discipline. But the indirect nature of […]
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Truth be Told. Hindsight, they say, is always 20/20. When I look back at my 15 years of back pain, the near certain surgery, and the journey to find a permanent resolution to the pain. I realize the […]
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The origins of Tai Chi are probably lost in the fog of history. What is clear is that Tai Chi is at least eight hundred years old and still practiced by millions around the world. After training for […]
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STOP THAT, DO THIS! In the teaching profession (well meaning) teachers/coaches attempting to help students will use the words, “stop that, do this.” The logic seems simple, they recognize you are doing something wrong and it needs to […]
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Practice doesn’t make perfect, it makes permanent. Perfect practice makes perfect.” ~Barbara Conable Whatever you choose to do well will require practice. Playing a musical instrument, mastering a Martial Art or swinging a golf club, will require learning […]
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At the risk of a bad pun, you are the driver of the golf ball. If your mechanism for movement—in our metaphor, the steering—is compromised, your golf shots will be compromised, too. The Alexander Technique helps you identify […]
