Comments on: Just say "No" http://thepracticenotebook.com/just-say-no/ flutist Zara Lawler shares tips on learning music Fri, 25 Oct 2013 18:46:05 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 By: Joar Klæboe Henriksen http://thepracticenotebook.com/just-say-no/#comment-241 Joar Klæboe Henriksen Wed, 10 Mar 2010 21:41:01 +0000 http://www.zaralawler.com/blog/?p=557#comment-241 Sounds very efficient, indeed. I have one problem when practicing: I come up with ideas that are supposed to make later practice easier, and I have to write them down instantly - I believe that they will go away if I do not write them down at once. Perhaps I should try saying no one day - perhaps I still will remember some of my ideas afterwards. Sounds very efficient, indeed. I have one problem when practicing: I come up with ideas that are supposed to make later practice easier, and I have to write them down instantly – I believe that they will go away if I do not write them down at once. Perhaps I should try saying no one day – perhaps I still will remember some of my ideas afterwards.

]]> By: William http://thepracticenotebook.com/just-say-no/#comment-240 William Fri, 09 Oct 2009 10:07:42 +0000 http://www.zaralawler.com/blog/?p=557#comment-240 You're right, "just saying no" is a very, very powerful technique. I think you can take it a lot further - you can say no to anything you don't want, certainly on a physical level, such as: "I'm not tightening my neck" which is, of course, a variant of a standard Alexander Technique direction. A great place to learn more about the Alexander Technique is their main site at http://alexandertechnique.com You’re right, “just saying no” is a very, very powerful technique.

I think you can take it a lot further – you can say no to anything you don’t want, certainly on a physical level, such as: “I’m not tightening my neck” which is, of course, a variant of a standard Alexander Technique direction.

A great place to learn more about the Alexander Technique is their main site at http://alexandertechnique.com

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