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	Alexander Technique - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Alexander Technique is also taught in groups, often using short individual lessons in turn as examples to the rest of the class.
		The Alexander Technique educates the student's sense of kinesthesia or proprioception.
		Alexander Technique is difficult to describe and teach in words because it requires description of subjective kinesthetic sensations and momentary situations, as well as the ability to perceive them.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Alexander_Technique (4973 words)

	Alexander Technique Simplified: The Complete Encyclopedia Definition
		The '''Alexander Technique''' is a study of freeing response that is taught by studying one's own mannerisms of posture.
		Alexander Technique is an educational discipline practiced to prevent the physical decline caused by habituated mannerisms.
		Although the Alexander Technique is considered by those in its field to be primarily educational, it is regarded by the National Health System in the United Kingdom to offer an alternative and complementary management for many medical complaints.
	www.franis.org /Alexander/Encyclopedia_Alexander_Technique.html (3727 words)

	What is the Alexander Technique
		A proven approach to self-care, the Alexander Technique is a method that people of all ages and abilities can learn to relieve the pain and stress caused by everyday misuse of the body.
		Alexander observed that the relationship between the head, neck and torso is primary in controlling posture, movement and function.
		Alexander has demonstrated a new scientific principle regarding the control of human behavior as important as any ever discovered in the domain of external nature.
	www.alexandertech.org /misc/whatisat.html (653 words)

	Alexander Technique: The Insider's Guide
		Alexander had also made the discovery that breathing and vocalization are part and parcel of how the body functions as a whole.
		Alexander Technique Center of Washington Information on private lessons, workshops, classes, and teacher training in the Washington, D.C. area.
		The F Matthias Alexander Trust is a registered charity (UK) created in 1990 to advance the education of the general public in the Alexander Technique, to promote research and study into all aspects of the Alexander Technique, and to disseminate the useful results of that research
	www.alexandercenter.com (2238 words)

	The Center for the Alexander Technique (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		The Center for the Alexander Technique was established in 1972 by Edward and Linda Avak.
		Although group work is available as a way of introducing the Technique to the public, anyone interested in significant change in his or her conditions should plan on a course of private lessons, the number depending on the needs of the individual.
		Fortunately, Alexander wrote four books which give very clear explanations of what his Technique is. A careful comparison of his writings, (especially the first chapter of the Use of the Self), with the practice and explanations of a prospective teacher will, we believe, aid a person in making a wise choice of a teacher.
	home.earthlink.net /~edavak (810 words)

	Alexander Technique
		The Alexander Technique is a very practical method of education which uses observation and attention to the performance of simple activities to explore the relationship between mind and body.
		Alexander wondered if it might be something that he was doing whilst performing that was causing his problems.
		Alexander discovered that the functioning of our system is strongly affected by how we co-ordinate our head, neck and back relationship in activity.
	www.synergy-health.co.uk /articles/alexander.html (435 words)

	FM Alexander (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Alexander created what may be truly called a physiology of the LIVING organism...
		While attempting to solve the vocal problems that were ruining his career as a Shakespearean recitalist, Alexander discovered that he was creating a pattern of tension that was interfering with the correct relationship between his head, neck and back.
		Alexander, and the teachers he trained in his technique, have been demonstrating empirically over the past 100 years how to change this pattern of tension and establish in its place more calm and poise, even in stressful situations.
	www.alexandertechnique.org /FMhimself.htm (238 words)

	The Alexander Technique (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Alexander Technique is about posture, but the word posture tends to imply something static.
		Alexander's most central concept is the lengthening of the spine, particularly in the neck region.
		In short, Alexander practitioners suggest that the way most singers lift the sternum is actually a shortening or crunching together of the spine, which they would call "pulled down." You may feel the tension between your should blades (and a little lower) when you're "standing up straight." That's what they are referring to.
	collavoce.pantac.com /Articles/alexander_technique.htm (422 words)

	Alexander Technique - for whom (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		The majority of people who seek out the Alexander Technique do so to find relief from physical symptoms such as back and neck pains, migraines, breathing difficulties, stress related problems, repetitive strain injuries, or because they are unable to find their previous physical form after having an accident or surgery.
		However the Alexander Technique is first and foremost a pre-technique primarily concerned with the maintenance and the improvement of movement in every field of activity, therefore it is a useful tool in preventing problems from developing in the first place, rather than being used to solve them once they arise.
		Alexander himself devoted a chapter in one of his books "The Use of the Self" to the golfer’s need to keep his eye on the ball, and there can be no greater testimony to the benefits of the Alexander Technique than in the all round athlete Daley Thompson and his consistent gold medal winning performances.
	www.alexandertechnique.be /English/for_whom.htm (382 words)

	Alexander Technique with New Health UK magazine
		Alexander restored his own natural capacity for ease by changing the way he thought while initiating an action.
		The Alexander Technique begins by showing you the underlying cause of pain, enabling you to eliminate the tension responsible for so many of the ailments that we mistakenly put down to the aging process.
		With the right education through a teacher of the Alexander Technique, many people could be helped to understand the causes of their problems and be taught to help themselves, so that their aches and pains may either be relieved or avoided altogether.
	www.new-health.biz /learnabout/alexander.htm (884 words)

	Alexander Technique: A guide to the Alexander Technique in West Yorkshire
		The Alexander Technique has been found to be beneficial for such problems as back pain, stiff shoulders, stiff neck, repetitive strain injury (rsi), tension, poor posture, anxiety, backache, arthritis, bursitis, tendonitis, stress, eyestrain, stiffness and poor balance.
		The Alexander Technique is popular with practitioners of such activities as dance, music, singing, acting, riding, swimming, golf and tennis - in fact, any activity where improved co-ordination is helpful.
		The Alexander Technique was first developed by F.M.Alexander, who was born in Tasmania in 1869 and who died in London in 1955.
	www.ragsdale.co.uk (424 words)

	Alexander Technique and Yoga
		The technique works on Universal principles of movement, so that students who have studied Alexander are in a much better condition to begin and continue with Yoga and are able to look after themselves more effectively during their practice.
		Alexander's concepts of 'non-doing' and 'giving up' of ends and staying with the process or 'means whereby' also have familiar Yoga parallels to them.
		Her interest in the Alexander Technique was initiated by her ongoing curiosity with freeing with freeing habitual movement patterns.
	yoga.org.nz /archives/awerness/alexander_technique.htm (1005 words)

	Spine Inc. - The Alexander Technique
		The Alexander Technique was founded at the turn of the century by an Australian actor called F. Matthias Alexander who believed that many common illnesses are caused by our failure to use our bodies properly.
		Alexander found that once he had learned how to stand and how to hold his head his voice no longer kept on disappearing.
		Alexander was so delighted by this discovery that he never returned to the stage.
	www.spine-inc.com /glossary/a/alex.html (401 words)

	Alexander Technique
		The Alexander Technique is a holistic, mind-body approach to well-being that was developed by F.M. Alexander (1869-1955) and has been in continuous use for over 100 years.
		The Alexander Technique is an educational method that helps us learn how to create a place of stillness in the mind and body, that allows us the freedom to consciously choose our own response.
		The Alexander Technique is a method of self-care that teaches us how to create the conditions wherein healing may occur.
	www.alexandertechniquestudio.org /alexander.html (978 words)

	Alexander Technique (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Alexander recognized that the habits that had hampered his performing were characteristic of many people, and that these patterns of mis-use (as he came to call it) could affect many functions in addition to speaking.
		Alexander began to share his insights and teach others, first in Australia and later in England.
		A wealth of information about many aspects of the Alexander Technique can be found at The Complete Guide to the Alexander Technique.
	pianomap.com /alexander.html (328 words)

	Welcome to Alexander Technique Education
		This site is about promoting the Alexander Technique and providing the information and resources to continue to develop the Technique in a manner true to the processes used by F.M. Alexander when he first laid out his discovery 100 years ago.
		The technique is not a treatment, a therapy or a magic bullet, but a way of teaching us how best to use our minds and bodies in a co-ordinated and balanced manner.
		Other than an alternative to therapies such as massage, Bowen, Reiki or Pilates etc., the technique is a fundamental approach to changing your responses to life’s stresses and uniting the use of your mind and body so as to achieve economy, efficiency and poise in all acts of living.
	www.ate.org.au (345 words)

	Stress Relief
		Alexander saw mind and body as completely inseparable; both were aspects of our psycho-physical whole.
		Joseph Pilates and F. Matthias Alexander had similar views of what had gone wrong with the overall health of modern man and, generally, what needed to be done to improve it.
		Their ideas, carried on today as the Pilates Method and the Alexander Technique, have had a profound influence on many other fitness training and somatic education programs.
	www.suite101.com /welcome.cfm/alexander_technique (632 words)

	Alexander Technique Teacher in Somerset, Taunton, Yeovil and Bristol
		I qualified as an Alexander Technique Teacher in 1991 and went on to teach at the Welsh College of Music and Drama, the Cardiff Consultancy for the Alexander Technique, and I have taught on Alexander Teacher training courses.
		Alexander teacher training courses, and have led workshops at a national conference of Alexander Technique Teachers.
		We are both members of The Society of Teachers of The Alexander Technique (STAT), the professional body that regulates the teaching of the Alexander Technique and training of Alexander Teachers.
	www.thealexandercentre.co.uk (615 words)

	Alexander Technique, Stress, Well Being in Birmingham by Estella Yu Cauldwell (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		The Alexander Technique is one of the most life-enhancing tools you will ever encounter.
		The Alexander Technique is well known in Health, Sports and the Performing Arts for promoting effective functioning, enhanced performances and well-being.
		The Alexander Technique is a practical educational process for self-development, self-improvement and self-management.
	www.alexander-technique-uk.com (208 words)

	Alexander Technique Brussels (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Alexander discovered that something habitual in the way we think and move can interfere with our improvement and development in both the circumstances of our everyday lives and in our wider desires and aspirations.
		During lessons in the Alexander Technique you will learn how all these habitual patterns interfere with the proper functionning of what Alexander named the Primary Control, which involves the body as a whole through the dynamic relation between your neck and your head.
		The Alexander Technique is a method for anyone who really desires to correct the way he uses himself or herself, on the physical, emotional or mental plane.
	www.alexandertechnique.be /English/welcome.htm (484 words)

	Learning the Alexander Technique
		While different approaches to teaching the Alexander Technique exist, all qualified teachers base their work on the methods developed by F.M. Alexander, and his first generation of teachers.
		Alexander devised a series of instructions, which he termed "directions" to assist him to inhibit the harmful aspects of his movement habits, and to facilitate what he saw as the right conditions for a good use of himself in activity.
		Some Alexander teachers will provide you with information of this kind, and there are a number of good reference books available including How to Learn the Alexander Technique.
	www.alexandertechnique.com.au /learning.html (2022 words)

	Open Directory - Health: Alternative: Alexander Technique (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Alexander Technique Workshops - Bring a Workshop to Your Area - A service provided by a consortium of teachers skilled in group teaching.
		Alexander the Great - A brief account of the origins of the Alexander Technique and how students have been helped by it.
		Alexander Technique - A Conversation with Nigel Hornby - The interesting story of one teacher's experiences with his study of this method.
	dmoz.org /Health/Alternative/Alexander_Technique (638 words)

	Specific benefits of the Alexander Technique
		In some cases, the technique facilitates the efficacy of standard medical treatments, and in other cases it may remove the need for such treatments altogether.
		As well as relieving pain and tension, the Alexander Technique is excellent for preventing problems from arising in the first place.
		Many people learn the Alexander Technique to refine their skills in a particular activity, such as sport and fitness, the performing arts, or public speaking.
	www.alexandertechnique.gen.nz /benefits.htm (549 words)

	Alexander Technique Teachers of Greater Washington<
		Alexander Technique Teachers of Greater Washington is a coalition of teachers joined together to provide more information to the public about the Alexander Technique and the opportunities for study in the metropolitan area.
		The Technique is a highly individualized method and teachers have developed their own unique styles of presenting the ideas of F.M. Alexander in private or group lessons.
		Any teacher would be happy to speak with you further about the work and his or her aproach.
	www.alexander-teachers.org (120 words)

	Defining the Alexander Technique and describing its diverse benefits.
		The Alexander Technique is a method which helps a person discover a new balance in the body by releasing unnecessary tension.
		Therefore it is not surprising that most people come to the Alexander Technique because they are in pain (backaches, sore necks and shoulders, carpal tunnel syndrome etc.) and/or because they are performers who want to improve the quality of their singing, playing, acting or dancing.
		The Alexander Technique is taught at the Julliard School of Performing Arts in New York, the Los Angeles Philharmonic, the New England Conservatory of Music, the Royal College of Music and the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art in London, the American Dance Festival, the Stratford Shakespearean Festival and at a great many colleges and universities.
	www.alexandertechnique.com /at.htm (1092 words)

	Amazon.ca: Alexander Technique: First Lesson/Back Pain: DVD: Jane Kosminsky,Deborah Caplan (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Developed by an actor who lost his voice due to improper posture, the Alexander Technique involves a series of subtle changes in stance and movement that, once learned, are to be incorporated into everyday life.
		A former dancer, Kosminsky is well versed in the history and method of the technique as she moves Hurt through head placement, chair work, "the Monkey" (a lifting position), walking, and finally a 22-minute self lesson.
		The Alexander Technique is a way of life: to profit from it, you must add awareness of how you use your body to your daily routine.
	www.amazon.ca /Alexander-Technique-First-Lesson-Back/dp/B0000507QK (1547 words)

	Ergonomics.org - Posture, Movement and Ergonomics
		The Alexander Technique was developed in the early 20th century before ergonomics became a recognized science and has been applied since then by people all ages and professions.
		The Technique can be described as a simple and practical educational method which alerts people to ways in which they are misusing their bodies, and how their everyday habits of work may be harming them.
		Nowhere is the interplay of ergonomic and Alexander Technique concepts better illustrated than in the design of chairs, and the ways in which we use them.
	ergonomics.org (980 words)

	Alexander Technique in Kensington, Chelsea and West London, alternative therapy (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		The Alexander Technique is an education in looking after yourself — self help for life.
		The Alexander Technique will help this to happen; it is gentle and non invasive, and taught one to one.
		With the Alexander Technique there is no ceiling to learning how to use yourself better.
	www.alexandertechniquelondon.net (323 words)

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