At the end [of my lesson] I was left with feet apart – rather forward. FM said “Pick up your feet and walk.” I hesitated as with feet so far apart it felt quite impossible. FM said “No. Don’t change back to [the] old position of [the] feet. Take the plunge and do what you don’t know.”
Irene Tasker (“Irene Tasker: Her Life and Work with the Alexander Technique” – Notebooks p 262)