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Category Archives: Alexander Technique
The Battle for Status in the Alexander Technique
The Alexander Technique is a small world, and a poor one. Most teachers work one student at a time, in a quiet room, with their hands. The pay is thin. The rewards that hold the field together are mostly symbolic, … Continue reading
The Case For Positional Release
In 1955, an osteopathic physician named Lawrence Jones stumbled onto something that would eventually challenge the dominant logic of manual therapy. A patient with a severe back spasm had failed to improve under any standard treatment. Jones found him in … Continue reading
Alexander Technique & The Problem Of The Tacit
F.M. Alexander was not a clear easy writer. He spent decades trying to put into explicit propositional form something that is by nature resistant to that treatment. His core discovery was that habitual patterns of use, particularly the relationship between … Continue reading
‘A review of Jeroen Staring’s writings on the Alexander Technique’
Alexander Technique teacher Jean Fischer put together this 83-page review of Jeroen Staring’s work on the history of the Alexander Technique. The dispute between Jeroen Staring and Jean Fischer over Frederick Matthias Alexander is not just a disagreement about historical … Continue reading
The Alexander Technique Industrial Complex: Alliance Theory and the Battle for Authority
Alexander Technique teachers do not compete for authority by saying they want control over training school accreditation, professional association governance, certification standards, and the symbolic capital of being the authentic transmitter of F.M. Alexander’s work. They compete by invoking moral … Continue reading
Obituary For Iconoclastic Alexander Technique Teacher David Arthur Gorman
Obituary: David Arthur Gorman was born on February 3, 1950, in Kitchener, Ontario. He was an artist, a scientist, a writer, and above all, a lifelong explorer. He was driven by a profound curiosity about understanding how things work, in … Continue reading
Decoding Jews Who Teach Alexander Technique
ChatGPT says: The heavy Jewish presence among Alexander Technique teachers is not an accident of taste. It reflects a very specific alliance niche that fits Jewish social positioning almost perfectly. First, Alexander Technique occupies a sweet spot between authority and … Continue reading
Decoding Alexander Technique
Why isn’t the Alexander Technique more popular? ChatGPT says: Alliance Theory gives you a clear, unsentimental answer. It is not that the Alexander Technique doesn’t work. It is that it does not solve the status and alliance needs that drive … Continue reading
Going Up
When I’m losing at life, I feel weak and my body radiates my reality. I slump, I retreat, and I lack energy. When I’m thriving in life, I feel strong and I flow up and I get more social and … Continue reading
The Six Pillars of Self-Esteem
Nathaniel Branden wrote: * We see eyes that are alert, bright, and lively; a face that is relaxed and (barring illness) tends to exhibit natural color and good skin vibrancy; a chin that is held naturally and in alignment with … Continue reading