Resources


How to Find a Teacher

The following links contain lists of Teachers of the Alexander Technique. Teachers do differ in style and methods, so if you are looking for a teacher I suggest that you try out a few to find one that suits the way you learn.

Balance Arts Center Graduates
http://www.balanceartscenter.com/graduates

United States Teachers
American Society of the Alexander Technique (AmSAT)
http://www.alexandertech.com/teachers/FindTeachers.php

Canadian Teachers
Canadian Society of the Alexander Technique (CanSAT)
http://www.canstat.ca/

United Kingdom and world wide teacher list

Society of Teachers of the Alexander Technique (STAT)
http://www.stat.org.uk/

Alexander Technique International
http://www.ati-net.com/

Laura Klein, Bay Area
http://www.lauraklein.net

Recommended Reading

Alexander, F.M. Articles and Lectures. London: Mouritz Press, 1995.

Alexander, F.M. Constructive Conscious Control of the Individual. London: Metheun and Co., 1924.

Alexander, F.M. Man’s Supreme Inheritance, 6th ed., New York: E. P. Dutton and Co., 1941.

Alexander, F.M. The Universal Constant in Living. New York: E.P. Dutton, 1941.

Alexander, F.M. Use of the Self. New York: E. P. Dutton, 1932.

Barlow, Wilfred. More Talk of Alexander: Aspects of the Alexander Principle. London: Victor Gollancz LTD, 1978.

Bloch, Michael. F.M. The Life of Frederick Matthias Alexander. London: Little Brown, 2004.

Caplan, Deborah, P.T. Back Trouble: A new Approach to Prevention And Recovery. Gainesville, Florida: Triad Publishing Company, 1987.

Carrington, Walter. Thinking Aloud: Talks to Teaching the Alexander Technique, Edited by Jerry Sontag San Francisco, Mornum Time Press, 1994.

Cranz, Galen, The Chair, New York: W. W. Norton, 1998.

Dart, Raymond, Skill and Poises, London: STAT Books, 1996.

De Alcantara, Pedro. Indirect Procedures: A Musician’s Guide to the Alexander Tecnique, Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1997.

Drake, Jonathan. Body Know-how: A Practical Guide to the Use of The Alexander Technique in Everyday Life. London: Thorsons, 1991.

Friedman, Dr. Dr. Friedman’s Vision Training Program. New York: Bantam Books, 1983.

Gelb, Michael. Body Learning. New York: Delilah Books, 1981.

Grumwald, Peter. Eyebody. Auckland, New Zealand: Eyebody Press, 2004.

Huxley, Aldous. Ends and Means. New York: Harper and Brothers, 1937.

Huxley, Aldous. The Art of Seeing. Seattle, Washington: Montana Books, 1942.

Jones, Frank Pierce. Body Awareness in Action. New York: Schocken bookes 1976. Now called Freedom to Change.

Kaplan, Dr. Robert-Michael. Seeing Beyond 20/20. Hillsboro, Oregon: Beyond Words Publishing, Inc. 1987.

Langford, Elizabeth. Mind and Muscle: An Owner’s Handbook. Apeldorn, Netherlands: Garant Uitgevers, 1998.

Maisel, Edward. The Alexander Technique: The Essential Writings of F. Matthias Alexander. London: Thames and Hudson, 1989.

Maisel, Edward. The Resurrection of the Body. New York: A Delta Book, 1974.

Park, Glen. The Art of Changing: A New Approach to the Alexander Technique. Bath: Ashgrove Press, 1989.

Sarno M.D., John E. Healing Back Pain: The Mind-Body Connection. New York: Warner Books, 1991.

Uppgaard, D.D.S., Robert. Taking Control of TMJ. Oakland, CA: New Harbinger Publications, 1999.

Vineyard, Missy. How You Stand, How You Move, How you Live. New York: Marlowe and Company, 2007.

Links

http://www.directionjournal.com

http://www.mtpress.com

http://www.alexandertechnique.com/books

http://www.ati-net.com/atibooks.htm

http://www.alexandertech.org/books/books.html

Body/Mind Health

http://www.health4care.com

Movement Research

www.movementresearch.org

Dance Theater Workshop

www.dancetheaterworkshop.org

The Shala Yoga House

http://www.theshala.com