tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7059777836566981880.post5928156772309735556..comments2023-04-07T07:14:25.719-04:00Comments on Balance & Harmony Alexander Technique Blog: Heaven and Hell: Practical Concepts with Alexander Technique DirectionsUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7059777836566981880.post-70143283925840145472013-10-04T13:37:36.738-04:002013-10-04T13:37:36.738-04:00Glad you like it, Yimo. Thanks for reading it! :)...Glad you like it, Yimo. Thanks for reading it! :)Jennifer Roig-Francolíhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09083872662883717203noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7059777836566981880.post-56498264627650098962013-10-03T13:45:40.086-04:002013-10-03T13:45:40.086-04:00interesting to read! Thank you for writing it!interesting to read! Thank you for writing it!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7059777836566981880.post-17801704368085278132012-04-12T22:38:43.131-04:002012-04-12T22:38:43.131-04:00Thanks, Padmini, I'm glad you enjoyed reading ...Thanks, Padmini, I'm glad you enjoyed reading this! I agree with you: so many religious concepts can have practical relevance when we don't take them literally. However, part of my point with this blogpost is that EVEN when people take them literally (and there are so many people who take religious dogma extremely literally), adding in an Alexander Technique perspective can make those ideas particularly useful. So, if a person sincerely believes that there is a place in the sky called Heaven, that idea combined with the AT ideas around "Up" can be a very practical help in everyday life. I think as teachers we need to be able to start teaching our students from "within" their habitual way of thinking, and then expand out from there, as they are willing and ready to do that. So, if a person thinks of Heaven/Hell as literal physical places, we can go with that and turn that kind of thinking to practical use. In the same way, we can go with abstract thinking and make that practical, too.Jennifer Roig-Francolíhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09083872662883717203noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7059777836566981880.post-43213985955687848312012-04-12T21:58:41.535-04:002012-04-12T21:58:41.535-04:00Great post! A lot of religious concepts have pract...Great post! A lot of religious concepts have practical relevance if we don't take them literally.Padminihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02641610037065972126noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7059777836566981880.post-29172978940307293942012-04-12T11:02:28.649-04:002012-04-12T11:02:28.649-04:00Thanks for your comment, Luke. Glad to know I'...Thanks for your comment, Luke. Glad to know I've sparked a new thought... :)Jennifer Roig-Francolíhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09083872662883717203noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7059777836566981880.post-75439129686310933052012-04-12T10:42:50.696-04:002012-04-12T10:42:50.696-04:00I love it! I've never thought of this.I love it! I've never thought of this.YourMoralLeaderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17722839278918451378noreply@blogger.com