"We already notice, with growing amazement, very striking improvements in such diverse things as high blood pressure, breathing, depth of sleep, overall cheerfulness and mental alertness, resilience against outside pressures, and in such a refined skill as playing a musical instrument "
[Professor Nicholas Tinbergen, Nobel Prize winner for medicine and physiology]

"Alexander students rid themselves of bad postural habits and are helped to reach with their bodies and minds, an enviable degree of freedom of expression "
[Michael Langham, Director, The Juilliard School, New York USA]

Philippa Bull MSTAT
Alexander Technique

Further reading and links

Useful websites

• Society of Teachers of the Alexander Technique
• Cumbria Alexander Training, Fellside, Kendal
• The complete guide to the Alexander Technique
• Mouritz: specialist publisher of books on the Alexander Technique
• Macaroon Music: home of the Macaroon Ceilidh Band and Orchestra Macaroon

Recommended articles on the Web

A small selection of many:

• Musicans and the Alexander Technique
• The Alexander Technique and stress
• Improve your breathing with the Alexander Technique
• Chronic fatigue syndrome and the Alexander Technique
• The Alexander Technique and swimming
• Back pain and the Alexander Technique, BMJ 2008 (includes video)
• Alexander Technique does ease back pain, The Guardian 2008
• Scoliosis and the Alexander Technique
• The Alexander Technique and pain, injury, sciatica etc

The Alexander Technique on YouTube

A small selection of many:

• Alexander Technique BMJ back pain study
• F M Alexander
• William Hurt and Jane Kosminsky
• Vivien Mackie - Music and the AT
• The Alexander Technique with Mark Josefsberg
• A workshop with Walter Carrington
• Plenty more here

Recommended books about the Alexander Technique

Many books have been written about Alexander Technique (see Mouritz and Amazon). The following are some useful introductory books:

• The Use of the Self - F M Alexander
• Body Learning - Michael Gelb
• The Alexander Technique: A Skill For Life - Pedro de Alcantara
• Indirect Procedures - Pedro de Alcantara
• The Art of Changing - Glen Park
• How You Stand, How You Move, How You Live - Missy Vineyard
• The Alexander Technique As I See It - Patrick Macdonald
• Just Play Naturally - Vivien Mackie

Recommended books of related interest

• The Art of Practicing - Madeline Bruner
• Master the Art of Swimming - Steven Shaw
• Eyebody - Peter Grunwald
• Natural Vision Improvement - Janet Goodrich
• Creating Health - Deepak Chopra
• Tao Te Ching - Lao Tzu (translated by Gia Fu-Feng & Jane English)
• The Miracle of Mindfulness - Thich Nhat Hanh
• When Things Fall Apart - Pema Chodron
• Core Transformation - Connierae and Tamara Andreas

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