Post 5

1. When no one can help you the most important thing you can do is to use self observation. No one can give you a method or technique because the moment you do that you are programmed again.

2. The difference between self-observation and self absorption is that self absorption self preoccupation. You are worried about yourself. Self-observation is to watch everything as far as possible everything in you and around you as if it were happening to someone else.

3. We suffer from our depressions and anxieties because we identify with them.

4. Anthony De Mello defines the self as someone who is a passive, detached observer. You are not interfering in or fixing anything. Just watch and observe. People try to fix things they do not understand.

5. If you understand things they will change you for the better.

6. What you judge you can not understand.

7. I think the I who says that is who you really are without believing that you are your depressions and anxieties.
      I am nice, funny, kind, caring, scared, and doubtful of myself. I think being nice, funny, kind, caring are part of my "I" or my real self. As for being scared and doubtful of myself, that is a part of my insecurities, but not who i really am. We all have things that worry us or make us doubt ourselves, but the challenge is to overcome them. I have a lot of things going for me right now that scare and worry me, but they also make me kind, nice, and caring. I think everyone has those qualities in them, but because people are constantly being judged, we are afraid to be ourselves. I am guilty of it and i will never truly know who i am, but i keep trying. It is okay to be worried or scared, because it means you care and are present. These qualities that aren't really a part of who i am bring out my better qualities. We should not be afraid to be who we are, but we are and hopefully one day that changes.


1. what happens to us, when we experience fear, stress and anxiety, is that we shorten in stature narrow in size, and we compress ourselves because of our survival mechanism. This is our fight or flight response.

2. The alexander technique enables us to choose a different response and makes us conscious to how we use our own body.

3. Nature would prefer us to be in balance.

4. The three points of contact for the foot are the base of the big toe, the base of the little toe, and the heal.

5. The three hinges in our legs are the ankles, the knee cap, and the hip

6. The hip joints are on the front of pelvis and are lower than we think.

7. Allow the pelvis to be heavy like an anchor

8. The top of the spine is between the ears and behind the eyes

9. It's funny that you ask this question, because someone asked me if i was tired the other day and i responded with my body is but my mind is not. I was physically exhausted but my mind was telling me i could do more. It was an interesting thing to fight against. Now, in my mind i knew that i should take a nap. I don't know how to explain it, but it was interesting. I think sometimes my body and mind work opposite of each other. What if if my mind was tired, but my body wasn't. I know my mind would take over and tell me to relax. I hope this makes sense, but this question is interesting to think about and i would like to explore it more in class.