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How You Stand, How You Move, How You Live: Learning the Alexander Technique to Explore Your Mind-Body Connection and Achieve Self-Mastery
The Alexander Technique (AT) is a remarkably simple but powerful method for learning to skillfully control how your brain and body interact, allowing you to better coordinate your movements while increasing the accuracy of your minds thoughts and perceptions. Now, in How You Stand, How You Move, How You Live, leading Alexander Technique master teacher Missy Vineyard sheds ...more
Paperback, 336 pages
Published
June 4th 2007
by Da Capo Press
(first published May 23rd 2007)
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The Alexander technique is yet another way to become more aware of your body in space and to control it for better health, presence, and even charisma. It was started by an Australian actor whose posture, he noted, was damaging his voice. That began a long process of self-discovery, and finally teaching, in proper posture and movement. And yes, his voice improved. The book by Missy Vineyard, the head of the New England Alexander Technique school, is full of stories of people who hold themsel...more
This book is an introduction to the Alexander Technique (A.T.). This technique was conceived of by Frederick Matthias Alexander, a 19th century stage actor who discovered a connection between our way of thinking and the effect it has on how we move. In his case, he developed a chronic problem with his throat that made it difficult to speak comfortably when performing. Over time his voice would become raspy and his throat would feel raw. So he visited a doctor who told him to stop performing ...more
Excellent book for understanding the Alexander Technique. Good flow and easy to understand, though I may have a biased AT teacher perspective.
trouted from Bookery 2. I'm not sure this book offers anything new but it looks case-oriented and readable.
Sheila Tsatsakis
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new age, old style of writing, have to go thru many pages to get a kernel of useful info
this is quite a marvelous technique, very simple but effective.
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