Integrative Alexander Technique with Crispin Spaeth

Trying harder to focus is often the thing that makes it worse.

Because “focus” usually means:

- Block everything out.
- Push through.
- Ignore what’s happening.
- Hold yourself together until the thing is done.

But your system doesn’t work that way.

When tension goes up, thinking narrows.

- Your breath gets smaller.
- Your jaw gets involved.
- Your neck may decide it has joined the project.

So instead of forcing focus… what happens if you introduce choice?

- A little more space.
- A little less gripping.
- A moment to notice where you are before deciding what comes next.

That’s often where focus starts to feel available again.

This is for you when the meeting is about to start, the deadline is loud, or your brain feels like it has 47 tabs open and one of them is playing music.

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This is for you when your mind is busy…and your body is tired.

When the thinking doesn’t stop
but your breath is shallow, your shoulders are tight and your energy is low.

It can feel like something you need to figure out mentally.

But often, it’s not just happening in your head.

Your mind and body are constantly working together, shaping how you think, move, respond and communicate moment to moment.

And when that’s the case, more thinking isn’t always what helps.
Sometimes, noticing what else is going on is where things start to shift.

We explore this in Integrative Alexander Technique.

If this feels familiar, it might be worth getting curious about what your whole system is doing, not just what you’re thinking.

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Thank you Katie for such a thoughtful and generous reflection.

This is for you when something in your life is showing up physically…and you’re not quite sure how to move through it.

Not everything needs fixing.

Through Integrative Alexander Technique, this work creates space to notice what’s happening with a bit more clarity and support so you can understand what’s actually going on and what might help.

It can help you move through challenges with more ease and leave with something practical you can return to when things come up again.

If this feels familiar, you’re very welcome to explore this work further.

Book a free 20-minute inquiry call to see how this could support you in whatever you’re navigating.

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There’s an assumption that this kind of work is for when something has already gone wrong.

Pain. Injury. A clear problem to solve.

But by the time something hurts, a pattern has often been in place for a while.

Something has been building, usually quietly and in how effort is organized, how attention is directed, how you’re going about what you’re’re doing.

That’s why this work can be useful earlier.

When there’s a bit more space to notice what’s happening, rather than react to it.

And sometimes, that’s enough to change the direction things were heading.

If you’re curious how this could support you, you’re very welcome to book a free 20-minute inquiry call.

Presentations, public speaking, podcasting, networking, client conversations,  an embodied approach to communication can support all of it.

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Crispin shares why Integrative Alexander Technique isn’t only for pain and how noticing patterns earlier can support movement, communication and everyday performance.

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I spent a long time in dance feeling like I didn’t quite fit. (My first career was as a contemporary dance choreographer, and I led a company here in Seattle for almost 20 years.)

I could do it. I was good at it.

But something about it didn’t land.

It wasn’t until later in a completely different context, that things started to make sense.

I found a way to bring more of myself into it.

That changed how I understood movement.

And over time, how I understood thinking, creativity and communication too.

Some of that path and what I’ve carried forward into the work I do now is in the slides.

Have you ever had something only start to make sense when you approached it from a completely different angle?

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