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How to Learn the Alexander Technique: A Manual for Students | 
 enlarge | Author: Barbara Conable
Publisher: Andover Press (OR)
Category: Book
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Rating:  10 reviews
Sales Rank: 140934
Media: Paperback
Edition: 3 Revised
Pages: 168
Number Of Items: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1
Dimensions (in): 10.7 x 8.3 x 0.5
ISBN: 0962259543
Dewey Decimal Number: 615
EAN: 9780962259548
ASIN: 0962259543
Publication Date: June 1995
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Product Description
A primer for students of the Alexander Technique, a well-known method for improving freedom and ease of movement and physical coordination. This book provides the first authoritative account of William Conable's concept, Body Mapping, the study of how our ideas about our bodies affect our experience and movement. This concept is integrated with a lucid explanation of the Alexander Technique that clarifies and simplifies the task of teaching and learning the Techique.
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 Never received! September 30, 2008
Milica Zivkovic (Baton Rouge, LA)
It has been a month since I ordered this book and I haven't received it yet. I emailed the seller and haven't received any reply so far. I am going to cancel the payment if nothing happens by the end of this week.
VERY UNSATISFIED
 Does more than just point you to a teacher April 28, 2008
A. Fraser (Calgary, AB)
This is the first book I ordered regarding the alexander technique and I have found it to be very useful. I am generally put off by books that only scratch the surface and give you only enough to make you want to contact a teacher - which seems to be the hidden agenda by all of these books published by alexander teachers - but this book does more. Some of the content is a bit fluffy, but a great deal is very useful and can give you the opportunity to get a start on your own. With a simple change to how to carry your head as described in the book - I have already seen a significant reduction in my back pain.
 Not impressed. February 10, 2008
A loving husband
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
This book is ok, but not the best. Read Pedro Alcantara's Indirect Procedures for better info. Also, Patrick MacDonald's The Alexander Techinique As I See It.
An Excellent Student Resource March 19, 2007
Syzygy
3 out of 3 found this review helpful
To learn the Alexander technique, you need a teacher. You CANNOT learn it from a book. The technique involves communication of a kinesthetic sense from the teacher to the student through hands-on learning. With that said, this book is a valuable resource to a serious student who already has, or would like to find a teacher. The sections on body-mapping are particularly useful, and can be applied even if one is not studying the Alexander technique.
Body mapping is a practice predicated on the concept that we have concepts of our bodies, body maps, that do not accurately reflect our anatomy. Consequently, when we try to move, we often try to move in ways that we are not constructed to move. By changing our maps of our bodies to accurately reflect our anatomy, we can move and exist in the world with much greater efficiency and ease.
Good if you have an Alexader specialist nearby, otherwise... February 20, 2004
26 out of 28 found this review helpful
That's a very interesting book, where you can learn about the importance of knowing your body in order to know how to use it. It can be very helpful if you intend to take Alexander Technique lessons. I bought the book because I thought this was THE book where you can learn something about the technique without taking lessons. That is not the case. The main problem is that Alexander was a fantastic pioneer on the field of sommatics but did not have the conceptual skills to transform its fantastic intuitions in an easily explainable system. If you do not have an Alexander teacher nearby you you should try Feldenkrais book Awareness Through Movement book.
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