A New Approach to the Alexander Technique: Moving Toward a More Balanced Expression of the Whole Self

by Glen Park

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294 pages, Paperback

First published March 1, 1998

About the author

Glen Park is a healer, teacher, writer, workshop leader and trainer in the Alexander Technique and Chakra Healing Therapy which she has been practising for over thirty years. Before that she studied philosophy at Southampton University and then worked in the professional theatre as an actress and playwright for ten years. She is also the mother of twin sons.

All these life choices, in different ways, were an expression of her enduring interest in the relationship between mind and body, and the enigma of consciousness. Her wide-ranging experience has contributed to the reach and the depth of her work, both practically and in her writing. She has given talks and run workshops in Europe, America, Australia and Japan, working with the general public, and with specialist groups such as actors and drama students, therapists and body practitioners of various types.

Her first book, The Art of Changing, is a thorough introduction to the Alexander Technique. In the second part of the book she looks at the body from psychological and energetic perspectives, introducing the chakras as a means of understanding the relationship between mind and body.

In her latest book, Chakra Healing Therapy she explores the chakras in much greater depth, as an embodied map of the psyche, drawing parallels between Eastern wisdom and modern Western research. Each chakra is examined in detail, with case studies and practical exercises to guide the reader towards a better understanding of their own chakras.