Sherlock Holmes? Not quite, but Alexander teachers do detective work.

In a recent video session with a colleague, we debriefed a series of three lessons she taught to a new student. It was hard to tell whether she was pleased overall, or disappointed. The student has a pain condition, and reported different degrees of change, relief and comfort at all three lessons.

So I started asking her questions. Lots of questions. And since we were separated by distance, I had to rely more on dialogue than I might if we were together and I could see more details about her expressions and my hands could supplement that information with what I could feel.