Uncommon Sense Pedagogy

Tips and insights from a veteran piano and Alexander Technique Teacher. After suffering from tendinitis for 10 years, Kay started exploring ways to teach for more physical freedom. She now adds sensory training and continues to research how brain studies direct better ways to teach and learn with simple, enjoyable applications.

Sunday, July 14, 2019

Motivation: A Little Brain Science, Part Two

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Reward activated movement is the term for movement that happens because it is rewarding in some way. You read this term in Part One, where t...

Saturday, July 13, 2019

Motivation: A Little Helpful Brain Science, Part One

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Not long ago I admitted to a colleague that I'm tired of "motivating" students. I want students to study and practice because...

Tuesday, May 7, 2019

Small Muscles or All Muscles?

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In recent years, my circle of musician acquaintances has widened to include musicians with special interests in self-care and movement know...

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Tuesday, March 19, 2019

Won't Power: Part II

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There is another phrase that comes out of the Alexander Technique glossary: non-doing. For most modern day Americans, non-doing sounds impos...

Won't Power: Part 1

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My dad tried a variety of diets before deciding that what he really needed was won't power. Will power was over-rated when it came to fo...

Saturday, January 19, 2019

Obstacles and Open Spaces

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A friend decided to learn to hang glide and offered one of the top pieces of advice the instructor gave: don’t look at the ob...

Tuesday, November 20, 2018

Waiting

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"Snow is falling, snow on snow." One of my favorite carols is In the Bleak Midwinter , with lyrics by Christina Rossetti. The word...

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Kay S. Hooper: People, music and movement are the three most important elements in my life. I am fortunate to work with all of them at the same time. After suffering from tendinitis due to faulty movement patterns at the piano, I began exploring the many elements that help or hinder musicians in practice and performance. My blog is dedicated to these discoveries, which continue day by day. Susquehanna University, B.M., Illinois State University, M.M, The Alexander Foundation, ATI certificate, Licensed Andover Educator Body Mapping Teacher™.

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