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Monthly Archives: July 2010
“Round and round she goes, and where she stops nobody knows”
Trouble is, I don’t seem to be able to get any kind of a push going. To get anything to spin. There’s no anticipation as to where I might land – just a few false starts and half baked turns. … Continue reading
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Tagged axis, kate johnson, klein technique, push, spin, turn
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Let the space support you
There are lots of things in life that we take for granted. And it’s probably just as well, otherwise we would be in a perpetual state of awe. I’ve spent the last ten months re-discovering some really basic/wonderful concepts – … Continue reading
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Tagged kate johnson, klein technique, laban, space, support, tricia brown
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Klein – it does exactly what it says on the tin
It works. It puts your pelvis on your legs and your top onto your bottom. Yesterday’s final stretching exercise, the one designed to put your top on your legs, did just that. It is amazing. My advice – buy some … Continue reading
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Tagged kate johnson, klein technique, legs, pelvis, stretching
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Pushmi-pullyu
The gazelle-unicorn cross from the Doctor Dolittle books – the creature with two heads facing opposite directions – came to my mind at the end of class today. I suddenly found myself becoming acutely aware of the opposite forces that … Continue reading
You’ll rust away before you’ll wear away
Use it or loose it. However you say it, there is a truth in the belief that you need to keep doing, if you want to continue being able to do. But what doing is useful? And what is just … Continue reading
One thing leads to another
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Tagged consequences, economy of line, kate johnson, klein technique, necessity, sequencing
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Stretch and placement
Stretch and placement class – the clue is in the title. Well, today the penny eventually dropped and I discovered that if you stretch, I mean really stretch, all sorts of things start to happen. And that if you don’t … Continue reading
Sitting at the end of the bed
Bringing a presence to a situation can make all the difference in the world. When my daughters were young, if they were particularly tired or upset, they would ask me to sit at the end of their beds as they … Continue reading
My Klein Technique Obsession 