Alexander Technique

The Alexander Technique denotes the educational methods used by Alexander teachers and the individual method practiced by teachers and students of the technique. The Technique teaches how to recognize and overcome habituated limitations within a person's manner of movement. The Alexander Technique is usually learned from an Alexander teacher in one-to-one sessions by an Alexander student, using specialized hand contact and verbal instructions.

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It takes its name from F. Matthias Alexander (1869–1955), a former Shakespearean recitalist, who first observed and formulated its principles during 1890 – 1900. Alexander regarded the empirical scientific method to be the foundation of his work. He used self-observation and reasoning to make effortless the physical acts of every-day movement: sitting, standing, breathing, working with the hands and speaking. He designed his methods to make experimentation and training deliberately repeatable, and to learn in a way that would allow continuing improvement from any starting point.

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F. Matthias Alexander - 1869 - 1955 - 1890 - 1900

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F.M. Alexander trained teachers of his technique from 1931 until 1955 in London, UK. During his lifetime, F.M. Alexander gained considerable support for his work, including John Dewey, Aldous Huxley, George Bernard Shaw, and scientists Raymond Dart, George E. Coghill, Charles Sherrington, and Nikolaas Tinbergen.

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1931 - 1955 - John Dewey - Aldous Huxley - George Bernard Shaw - Raymond Dart - George E. Coghill - Charles Sherrington - Nikolaas Tinbergen

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