Distinction #2
Reaction vs Response
The Alexander Technique helps us respond to life instead of react to it.
The difference between the two comes from taking the time to stop and think about what it is we want to do and how we want to do it,  a bit like checking for cars right and left before crossing a road so we can do it safely. A fraction of a second is all it takes sometimes.
When we learn to be less reactive, we create less unnecessary tension in our body and we function from a place of integration and expansiveness instead of a place of disconnect and contraction.
So be on the look out for your desire to react to situations, people, words and choose not to so you can respond from a place of choice and awareness. Life becomes so much easier and enjoyable!:)
The more we do it, the easier it becomes......although it does take some determination at the beginning!
We always have a choice. Not always in what comes to us but in how we deal with what presents itself.