Alexander Technique: Original Writings of F.M. Alexander [Abridged] [Paperback]

Danny McGowan (Author)

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Publication Date: February 11, 1997

Learn how illnesses can be overcome through adjusting posture.

Product Details

• Paperback: 189 pages
• Publisher: Larson Publications; Abridged edition (February 11, 1997)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0943914787
• ISBN-13: 978-0943914787
• Product Dimensions: 8.4 x 5.4 x 1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 6.4 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 3.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,384,023 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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13 of 14 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Good source of in-depth information about FM Alexander, August 23, 1998

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This review is from: Alexander Technique: Original Writings of F.M. Alexander (Paperback)

F. Matthias Alexander was certainly one of the great creative geniuses of this century, although he is still comparatively unknown. In part his obscurity is due to the novelty of his ideas and in part to his very difficult writing style. This book is a very lightly edited version of his second book and still makes for fairly difficult going. On the other hand, time spent digesting the material in this (and Alexander's other books) is well worth it. And the book includes an introduction by Professor John Dewey, a great admirer and supporter of Alexander.

If you don't know much about Alexander and the Alexander Technique, I'd suggest one of the many other introductory books as a first read. Body Learning by Michael Gelb, Fitness Without Stress by Robert Rickover and How to Learn the Alexander Technique by Barbara Conable are all excellent choices.

9 of 11 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Incredibly enlightening but hard to comprehend at first., October 31, 1998

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This review is from: Alexander Technique: Original Writings of F.M. Alexander (Paperback)

This book will be of tremendous use to you only if you manage to take it as a whole. People don't like that these days, they want instructional books as a collection of easily digested factiods. Alexander's book matches the conception of the human self that it describes: it cannot be broken down into different parts but must be dealt with as a whole. You come to understand more and more as you read, but you don't really see what he's saying until you can consider the whole book in retrospect. So it takes some work, but in that regard it's a brilliant analog to the ideas it contains: you must read this book holistically, just as you must deal with your self holistically.