The Alexander Technique 0060160535
732 83 11MB
English Pages 216 Year 1990
Polecaj historie
![Paths to the Alexander Technique [Kindle Edition]](https://dokumen.pub/img/200x200/paths-to-the-alexander-technique-kindle-edition.jpg)
![An Alexander Technique Approach to Piano Technique [Kindle Edition]](https://dokumen.pub/img/200x200/an-alexander-technique-approach-to-piano-technique-kindle-edition.jpg)
Citation preview
USA CANADA
$22.95 $29.95
The Alexander Technique, a 100-year-old movement method aimed
was
at improving the
way
developed by an Australian actor
the body
named
F.
is
used,
Matthias
Alexander. Concerned with eradicating his vocal problems, Alexander developed a
mind and the body as a actors, dancers,
stamina,
method that deals with the
totality.
and musicians
flexibility,
and
Long popular with
for its ability to improve
relaxation, this subtle technique
of realignment
is
recognized by physicians and physical
therapists for
its
therapeutic value with stress -related
disorders,
bad backs, poor posture, respiratory ailments,
hypertension, and arthritis. In
and
Part Bill
I
of
The Alexander Technique, Judith Leibowitz
Gonnington explain the foundations of the tech-
niqua They describe the detrimental ways bodies; explore the important link
body; and
body
show how
habits. In addition, they
between mind and
answer questions about a
and provide case studies that
the effects of the techniqua Part
Leibowitz
use our
our minds can change our improper
typical Alexander lesson
show
we
Procedures,
II
sets forth the
movements Judith Leibowitz
developed through her classes at The
Juilliard
School.
Procedures for daily activities— sitting, walking, driving, gardening,
vacuuming, and eating, for example-are
discussed, along with advice on sports and exercise
weight
lifting,
aerobics, biking, tennis, skiing, and
mora
Complete with a foreword by actor Kevin Kline and a suggested reading us
how
list.
The Alexander Technique shows
to realign our bodies
and improve our
lives.
0890L
iMNIVM
CIVIVA