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Marketing The Benefits Of Alexander Technique Without The Off-Putting Alexander Language
The two most successful new teachers of Alexander Technique in California are Amira Alvarez in Berkeley and Sharon Jakubecy in downtown Los Angeles. They both have slick websites that stress the benefits of the Technique but don’t use the unattractive … Continue reading
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Interview With Paul Cook Of Direction Journal
Paul Cook is the most successful of the new breed of Australian Alexander Technique teachers. Paul lives on the Gold Coast and owns Direction Journal. Luke: “I remember working with someone from [this] Alexander school and she said they were … Continue reading
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Why Are So Many Alexander Technique Teachers Jewish?
Veteran Alexander teacher Frank Ottiwell made a stray remark about training with Judy Leibowitz in New York in 1958 with a “dozen Jews.” (Cited in this interview with Brooke Lieb.) That made me wonder why so many Alexander teachers are … Continue reading
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Is Running An Alexander Technique Training Course The Path To Riches?
F.M. Alexander began instructing teachers in his methods with great reluctance. He did not do it to further his technique as much as to make money. During the Great Depression, his private students dried up. So he realized he’d have … Continue reading
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‘We’re Not Here To Make The Student Feel Good’
The typical Alexander Technique teacher trainee is going to hear many times over his three years of instruction that “we’re not here to make the student feel good, we’re here to help them learn something.” I’m not sure there’s such … Continue reading
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Is Alexander Technique Body Work?
Most people I know who’ve heard of the Alexander Technique regard it as body work. Yet almost all Alexander teachers say it is not body work. We think we’re teaching psycho-physical awareness. We’re teaching observation, inhibition and direction. We just … Continue reading
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Alexander Technique Energizes You And Makes You Feel Great
In a telephone interview with Paul Cook, Alexander Technique teacher John Nichols says: “There’s just one huge obvious challenge [facing Alexander teachers today] that dwarfs every other challenge — the majority of Alexander teachers around the world do not have … Continue reading
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Common Mistakes Alexander Technique Teachers Make With Their Websites
I was listening to Robert Rickover list off mistakes: * Putting skeletons on your website. * Using jargon such as “inhibition” or “primary control” or “constructive conscious control” and the like. * Putting up photos of the teacher with his … Continue reading
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