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All too much? Perhaps these steps could help you.

If you've experienced being overwhelmed, you'll know it can be very frightening. How can you recover? I offer these suggestions in case ...

Molly's Story

This is our gorgeous Molly. 50% English Bulldog, 37.5% Labrador, 12.5% Staffie, 100% nutcase. A happy ball of energy with big sad eyes ...

Pills for Chronic Pain

Recent headlines caught my eye about the recommendation to use anti-depressants instead of paracetamol and ibuprofen for chronic pain; wh...

A Picture of Doing Nothing

I was searching online recently for free stock images of someone sitting quietly (you know, letting go, allowing themselves to just stop ...

What is Control?

What do you first think of, when you hear the word ‘control’? “Control your dog!” “You need to control that temper.” Drug control, crowd ...

The Ergonomics of YOU

The word ‘ergonomic’ comes from the Greek ‘érgon’: ‘work’, and ‘nomós: ‘distribution’. The term was first used by Polish scientist Wojcie...

Catching the Eye...

Soo many thought-provoking wellbeing posts out there vying for your attention, in the great social media department store. Sometimes, a p...

Adapt and Thrive... doing well with less.

Unlike all the heroes working harder and ever harder to keep us all safe, many of us have suddenly found ourselves with less to do - or a...

Online Services: to Charge or Not to Charge?

At the moment, many thousands of business owners are suddenly seeking ways to offer services online. If you can still benefit your clien...

Ten years that changed everything

Are you in reflective mood? Are you looking back not just over this year, but the last decade? My head spins to think about how much li...

NEW, by popular demand: Weekly Alexander Technique Drop-in Classes, Bristol

Weekly drop-in class, Tuesdays 7pm with a friendly and fully qualified ITM Alexander Technique teacher in Clifton, Bristol, UK. In this c...

Which do you notice more...?

Which do you notice more... the five hundred things that are going well, or the one thing that isn't?

Curiosity in a Crisis

Anyone who has experienced anxiety, panic, grief, rage or despair may recognise the metaphor (and sensation) of being in a maelstrom...

Quiet... and how to have more of it

A curious thing happens when someone successfully eliminates some or all of their tension by putting Alexander’s principles into practice...

"Discouraged as I was...

...I refused to believe that the problem was hopeless.” So writes FM Alexander in his third book; a considerable way into the long, long ...

Pain, Pain, Go Away...

Marketing experts always recommend speaking to prospective clients' ‘pain points’. This is entirely reasonable when you’re seeking to att...

Case Study: Photographer

Great lesson with a lovely photographer, exploring how she uses her camera and how she might reduce strain and fatigue in her chosen work...

How an injury can be good for you

I broke my wrist last week - tripped over my slippers, letting our new puppy out for a wee at 2.30am. Heigh-ho, a silly accident. I am so...

"The Body Keeps the Score"

I was talking to my wonderful sister the other night. She’s a counsellor who helps many people through all kinds of deep mental and emot...

Case Study: Silversmithing

I often get to work with people at their desktops or laptops, but this week I had the rare pleasure of something rather different; a look...

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Frances Butt

Alexander Technique

Bristol, UK