The following articles are by various members of the teaching faculty of the Alexander Technique Center at Cambridge (resident, adjunct and guest teachers).
They are written about the Alexander Technique, but they also give you an idea of the approach to the work, the philosophy and point of view of the teachers and training course of the Alexander Technique Center at Cambridge.
Most of these articles are on this site, but some may link to other web sites. Some of these articles are also available to download in PDF format for easy printing and offline reading.
Moving from the Still Point of Support — by Tommy Thompson
An Interpretation of the Alexander Technique (also available for
download in PDF format)
Sun and Moon — by Tommy Thompson
A talk given at the 6th International Congress of the Alexander Technique in Freiburg, Germany in 1999 on the day of
the eclipse of the sun by the moon, as Tommy explores what happens when you make changes in the primary source,
(i.e., attentional recognition) versus making changes in what is reflected in the body (i.e. kinesthetic recognition)
(also available for download in PDF format)
Anam Cara — by Tommy Thompson
Keynote address delivered at the 2000 ATI Annual General Meeting at Spanish Point, Ireland
(also available for download in PDF format)
The Teaching of Frank Pierce Jones: A Personal Memoir — by Tommy Thompson
(also available for download in PDF format)
Frank Pierce Jones's Views on the Alexander Technique — by Tommy Thompson
The moral and humanistic implications of the Alexander Technique
(also available for download in PDF format)
The Alexander Technique and Piano - by Deborah Adams
An introduction for pianists and their teachers (also available for
download in PDF format)
64 Colors by Andrea Matthews
The joys of rediscovering that huge range of forgotten but half-familiar colors in your palette (also available for
download in PDF format).
What is the Alexander Technique? by Andrea Matthews
A collection of quotations about the AT work (also available for
download in PDF format).
Why Performers Need the Alexander Technique? by Andrea Matthews
(also available for
download in PDF format).
Aging Well by Andrea Matthews
(also available for
download in PDF format).
The following collection of articles by David Gorman will take you to his LearningMethods site, you can use your
browser's "back" button to return here.
Thinking About Thinking About Ourselves — by David Gorman
How our thinking and belief systems affect our functioning and vice versa. The 1984
F. M. Alexander Memorial Lecture given in London for STAT (the Society of Teachers of the Alexander Technique).
In Our Own Image — by David Gorman
A series of eight articles in which David explores a new model of human functioning he discovered in 1982—a model
that reveals our design as inherently integrated, securely grounded and fully organized for effortless movement; a
model where muscles act as sensitive detectors of instability and respond by suspending us in an elastic web of
adjustable support which follows us, springing us into activity.
The Primary Control — by David Gorman
How do we make sense of the fact that when we stop trying so hard and give up, somehow we become more coordinated and integrated? What is it that takes care of things when we
stop trying to? The answers may surprise you as this article presents a radical view of our in-built coordinating
mechanism — the primary control. (This is part 8 of the series, "In Our Own Image" above.)
On Fitness — by David Gorman
How the Alexander Technique can shed some light on constructive and unconstructive aspects of fitness programs and
exercise
Experiences and Experiments in the Alexander World by David Gorman
David's "Second-Generation Masterclass" at the 1991 International Alexander Congress in Engleberg, Switzerland where
he challenged everyone to "be... without being teachers" ...with interesting results.
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