“Wow daddy, everywhere here has free Wi-Fi.”

My two girls – 14 and 17 - are with me in Japan. We are wandering around inside the sultry envelope of a damp Tokyo summer. Of course, two teenage girls are way more interested in free WiFi than temples and boring stuff like that. Unless there’s a photo op…

“Hey dad, take my photo walking down these stairs.”

Why? I wonder.

“I want to post it to Instagram.”

Instagram. Right. Still trying to figure that out.

Jennifer Claire Roig-Francolí is an Alexander Technique teacher in Cincinnati, USA and below she offers a deeply honest and clear portrayal of the profound and far reaching effects Alexander's Discovery can have on someone's life. A story like this one renews my awe of the magnitude of this work. It easy to forget that we are the gatekeepers to something extraordinary that simply can't be compared or classed with the methods or techniques it so easily associates with today.

Our friends all suffer from our personality disorders, yet we rarely see or understand them ourselves - although these days I am coming to notice my own more clearly. To me it is perplexing - why is that a problem for other people? How can I possibly change this aspect of myself? Is it my problem or theirs? Finding answers only comes when the information about the disorder is clear.