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How to Learn the Alexander Technique: A Manual for Students
by Barbara Conable
from Andover Press (OR)

Customer Reviews:

• Avg. Customer Rating: 3.5 / 5.0

• Does more than just point you to a teacher
  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... more info

• Not impressed.
  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
  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... more info

• Good if you have an Alexader specialist nearby, otherwise...
  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... more info

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