Choosing Goodness • Jul. 2025
Sara Goldstein Studio
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REFER A FRIEND
HELPERS
HOW DO I CARE?
Summer can bring opportunities for relaxation, time with friends and recharging. This summer feels different to many of us. How can we enjoy ourselves in such a perilous time? We should enjoy ourselves because it is such a perilous time. We will be better equipped to respond to stress in the world around us from a place of calm and care.
We have tools. Now is the time to use them.
Find your breath. Just as stress can cause your breathing to become shallow; slower, controlled breathing can transform your nervous system from panic towards peace.
Find the earth. Walk in nature if you are able. See, hear, taste, smell and feel the world around you in the moment. Take time to notice goodness.
CONSTRUCTIVE CONSCIOUS CONTROL
F.M. Alexander (1869-1955) developed Alexander Technique that improves our "Use of the Self." The Technique explores the capacity of the individual to be guided by intelligence and awareness to inhibit harmful impulsive reactions. Alexander wrote that the human capacity to manage harmful impulses can have an effect on wider world relations. Sometimes it feels like the world is having a problem with its own "Use."
This is an invitation to take care of ourselves and our communities, transmitting qualities of mindfulness that can resonate widely.
Photo by Naomi Goldstein
HELPERS
Seek out help. There are people who are trained to help us on many levels; therapists, mentors, musicians, yoga teachers, for example.
Consider Alexander Technique! It is the ideal endeavor. AT lessons help us to become freer, more grounded in our bodies and in our breath. Alexander work has a positive impact on our nervous system and our ability to make choices in our day to day lives. Slowing down, feeling, sensing and moving with awareness expands our capacity to respond constructively to the world around us.
Many of us are familiar with Fred Rogers's advice that his mother taught him: "Look for the helpers" when you see scary things in the news. We are all doing this for one another.
Enjoying goodness doesn’t take away from our capacity to be helpers; it enhances our power.
Photo by Judy Edwards
ABOUT THE ALEXANDER TECHINQUE
The Alexander Technique helps us to function in harmony with our natural design and with greater efficiency and ease. Alexander lessons are recognized as a valuable resource to people of all ages, including performing artists, athletes, anyone with chronic or incidental pain or just wishing to improve wellbeing.
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