If you don't make mistakes, you're doing it wrong. If you don't correct those mistakes...
SCIENCE:
If you don't make mistakes, you're doing it wrong.
If you don't correct those mistakes, you're doing it really wrong.
If you can't accept that you're mistaken, you're not doing it at all.
The Alexander-Technique in three sentences - brilliant!
The above text is a statement about science and scientific principles. But why is this also a spot-on definition of Alexander-Technique?
Well, F. M. Alexander always contended that the Alexander-Technique be a scientific method in the sense that it it uses reasoned-out hypotheses (in "Alexander-speak": the means-whereby with inhibition and direction) and put them to the test in empiric experiments (i.e. in daily life).
Do those hypotheses work reliably or not? Can the results be re-produced? If not, go back, check your hypotheses and make modifications!
More to the point: Learn to make mistakes!
F. M. Alexander even said (I paraphrase):
Don't come to me for lessons unless you're ready to make mistakes and be happy about it!
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