DIRECTION is seeking
writers to contribute to an issue that will look at the many connections
and principles between Alexander Technique and Yoga. Issue Editor, Ken Thompson,
presents below the information he wishes to explore in this issue...
History of Yoga
Yoga has a good track record going
back through thousands of years, there is
also a great deal of Eastern thought
is incorporated in yoga philosophy.
Is there place for a philosophy in
the Alexander Technique?
Use of the Self
Is there any overlapping of some
of the principles in Alexander Technique and yoga
practice?
Example:-
Yoga is not about acquiring knowledge,
but a removal of ignorance! (of one's
True Self).
Alexander is not about being right,
but avoiding going wrong! (To know when
we are wrong is all that we shall
ever know in this world)
On the Mental and Thought Process Level.
Example:-
'Conscious Guidance and Control'
(Man's Supreme Inheritance).
'Yoga is the control of thought-waves
in the mind' (Patanjali's Yoga
Aphorisms)
On the Physical and Bodily Control
Level.
Example:-
"We only want to gain our end in
the process of ordering our heads forward
and up, our backs to lengthen and
widen, and so on." said by FMA.
'With upright body, head, and neck,
which rest still and move not; with
inner gaze which is not restless,
but rest still between the eyebrows; '
Verse 13 Chap. 6 Bhagavad Gita
Mankind's Evolution Progression
Is there any connection between FM's
evolutionary view of his discoveries,
and the Eastern view of Karma and
reincarnation?
Western Yoga
Has there evolved a modern western
approach to yoga practice? and if so what
would be some of the main features
of this compared to the eastern attitude,
particularly those from India?
Modern Teachers
Are there any writers out there who
see similarities between FMA and the
raising of 'use' up onto a conscious
level, and the yogic thoughts of people
like J. Krishnamurti, Swami Vivekananda,
Paramhansa Yogananda, Swami
Sivananda, Sri T. Krishnamacharya
and others?
If you have any thoughts,
further comments, questions or submissions to write for this issue, please
email
Ken Thompson directly.
Or, if it is more convenient, fill out the form below and we will email
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