I started taking lessons in Alexander Technique in August 2001. That summer, I spent a wonderful holiday singing in a small chapel in Spain, with great people and a good singing teacher. During one of the lessons, he very subtly remarked that my neck was as stiff as a concrete stake- and thank you very much...

It was then that one of my singing companions mentioned that I might like to get to know about Alexander Technique. He himself had some lessons and said it had improved his posture a lot.

Back home, I decided to follow up on this, and to my surprise, I found an Alexander teacher just a bike ride from home. I sent him an e-mail, and he invited me over for an introduction into the FM Alexander Technique.

Today, things have changed. Or rather, I have changed- considerably. And I've got lots of things that I want to remember. I tried writing them down in a small, battered notebook, but I write so much slower than I type.

Besides, when I searched for other people's experiences with Alexander Technique, I couldn't find very much. Of course, there are loads of AT teachers who have written down their stories, but those are different stories altogether. Heck, they even have their own conference!

That's why I decided to start this weblog: partly as my own notebook, where I can keep jottings, thoughts and memories, and partly as something I might like to share with others.

Note: I started this weblog in september 2004; but since my log allows backposting, I've put entries in chronological order.

For those of you who get confused (and mainly for myself), here's a timeline of my AT adventures:

• August 2001 - Start AT lessons with teacher 1, aka D.


• September 2003 - First Chi Gong lessons.


• November 2003 - D. stops teaching.


• February 2004 - I stop Chi Gong lessons, because I find it hard to adjust to Eastern philosophy and ways of teaching.


• March 2004 - Start AT lessons with teacher 2, aka mr. other teacher. After five lessons, I decide that this is not what I'm looking for.


• July 2004 - Re-start Chi Gong lessons. This time, I manage to make the required leap of faith, and a wonderful journey begins.


• September 2004 - Summer AT workshop in Oxford, with Stephen Cooper, Yael Tam and Giora Pinkas.


• October 2004 - Start AT lessons with teacher 3, aka J. Although lessons help me a lot, it's not what I'm searching for, so in August 2005, I stop.


• April 2005 - AT workshop in Engelberg, with Ruth Gysin, Giora Pinkas, Yehuda Kupermann, Meir Amit.


• July 2005 - Re-start AT lessons with D.