Author Archives: Celio

Love, my life, and the Alexander Technique

The misunderstanding about love and the difference between love and care, and how we stress ourselves for lack of love. As I am going through difficult times in this pandemic’s new normal, I realized that after some depressive times, my … Continue reading

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Acting, Happiness & Values

The relationship that you have with yourself and others defines a great deal of your health. The development of new science and new possibilities can explain better how we as humans became more and more sick and less prepared for … Continue reading

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Are you accepting failure as part of the learning process?

We are conditioned to believe in “no pain, no gain”. In other words, we need to work hard, sacrifice and suffer in order to have the desired result. It is a basic process of punishment and reward. Much of our … Continue reading

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Learn to keep your attention on the process instead of the end goal

Are you always stressed about the end result of your performances? Many of us, for so many reasons (educational culture, social pressures, etc.), have a hard time focusing on the process of our performances, instead focusing our entire attention only … Continue reading

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Learning to understand your conscious/unconscious habits and priorities

Are you doing what you think you are doing? I have been asking questions to myself to try to understand the priorities in my life. Very often I don’t recognize my habitual tendencies and priorities. I just follow my instincts and … Continue reading

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Is vulnerability a weakness or strength?

Learning to develop strategies to better cope with emotional pain. It is so easy to believe that only things that come from the outside could help to change us. But in fact, it is our acceptance (our belief) that creates the … Continue reading

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How do you cope with failure as an actor?

The Confident Actor I have been teaching the Alexander Technique to actors for many years and always notice how most of them struggle with fear of failure. “How do I build confidence in myself as an actor?”

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