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Tag Archives: f matthias alexander
Trying To Shut Down Alexander Technique Historian Jeroen Staring
A few months ago, I did this interview with Jeroen Staring ([email protected]) via email: How has the Alexander community reacted to your work? Is there a certain type of mind that reacts with interest to your work and another type … Continue reading
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Detroit Medical News Features The Benefits Of The Alexander Technique
Dr. Susan Adelman writes for the Detroit Medical News: Oddly enough, no medical school or residency teaches the Alexander Technique, even though this technique has many potential uses in medicine. So, what is it? My first exposure to the Alexander … Continue reading
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Further Consideration Of F.M. Alexander
Alexander Technique teacher Ed Bouchard wrote in 1997 this second foreword to the second volume of Jeroen Staring’s book, The First 43 Years of the Life of F. Matthias Alexander: …Staring supports his point of view. He examined hundreds of … Continue reading
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Reconsidering F.M. Alexander
Professor Rodney Mace of the Sir Robert Menzies Centre for Australian Studies at the University of London wrote in 1997 this foreword to the second volume of Jeroen Staring’s book, The First 43 Years of the Life of F. Matthias … Continue reading
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F. M. Alexander
The teachings of F.M. Alexander have had more influence on my life than those of any other teacher (aside from Dennis Prager). Reading the book F. Matthias Alexander: The Man and His Work by Lulie Westfeldt, I was struck by … Continue reading
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The Racism Of F. Matthias Alexander
Aussie F.M. Alexander invented the Alexander Technique, which I study for three hours a day. I was reading through his book "Man’s Supreme Inheritance" (initially published in 1910) because I heard there were some naughty bits. What a motherlode I … Continue reading
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