Pam Bartlett's Blog

My sight-reading miracle. As an Alexander Technique teacher, I’ve had the experience of people learning what I do and then suddenly feeling like they have

We’re always in movement. Even when we’re standing or sitting still, we’re not really completely still. We can usually sense some movement in our bodies,

I caught myself in an old familiar pattern the other day; ruminating about all of the reasons why something I was planning might not go

Hand-Washing Meditation Almost anything can become a practice that shifts our attention from rushing and worrying to being a little more present. Instead of counting

The glowing screens through which we now regularly communicate are a necessity, a nuisance, and an opportunity all at the same time. It’s impossible to

Last week, a student told me a story about walking in his neighborhood, feeling very free and easeful after his lesson, until he noticed a

You can learn a lot about your driving habits by paying attention to how you feel and what you notice when you stop the car.

“Have nothing in your house that you do not know to be useful, or believe to be beautiful.” ― William Morris I have a plain

A short blog post for a time of year when life suddenly becomes a lot busier. A few weeks ago, I had a thought that

The Alexander Technique helped me transform my fear of talking about the Alexander Technique on the radio. About a year and half ago, my colleague

“Sometimes the best way to learn something is by doing it wrong and looking at what you did.” —Neil Gaiman A while back, I came

I’ve been writing blog posts about the Alexander Technique and not publishing them for several years now. I’m not a natural writer. I work at