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body and mind, brain이 만나는 영역이다.
이 분야를 어떻게 누구로부터 접근을 출발해볼까? 두 사람을 찾았다. 이반 톰슨, 프란시스코 바렐라.
a new direction in cognitive science and its relevance to t.pdf
참고) Francisco Javier Varela Garcia (September 7, 1946 – May 28, 2001), was a Chilean biologist, philosopher and neuroscientist who, together with his teacher Humberto Maturana, is best known for introducing the concept of autopoiesis to biology.
Abstract
This paper converts the Oxford participatory lecture (2004) into a participatory reading experience which respects the psychophysical difficulties often encountered in reading or listening to theoretical discussions. This participatory
process will have three components: psychophysical basic practice, intellectual experimentation, and social
interaction. In particular, I am interested in finding a way to integrate intellectual concepts into an easily liveable
experience. The act of reading will emphasize the problem of integrating language (the main intellectual tool we use
for organizing our thinking experience) and our ongoing practice of the Alexander Technique.
I will show the relationship between the Alexander Technique and modern theories of consciousness. I hope that you
will find, as I do, that something special is afoot, something very similar to the climate in which philosophers and
scientists attempted to validate Alexander’s work during the first half of the twentieth century.
WHAT IS THE ALEXANDER TECHNIQUE?
A COLLECTION OF STATEMENTS ABOUT THE WORK
Andrea M. Matthews
Alexander Technique Center at Cambridge
1996-97
About Asking the Question:
A university professor once visited a Zen master, asking many questions about Zen. The master
served tea, filling his guest’s cup, and then continuing to pour. The professor watched the overflow
exclaiming that the cup was full without room for any more. “Just like this cup,” the master replied,
“you are so full of your own views and opinions that there is no room for any new understanding. To
experience the truth you must first empty your cup.”
About Answering the Question:
Many of you have asked how to tell other people about the Dharma. One of the most important
qualities to develop in sharing on all levels is to learn very skillfully how to listen, to be sensitive to
the situation and to the other person. In that silence of mind, when we are really paying attention,
the proper mode of communication becomes apparent. Do not hold on to any particular conceptual
expression of the Dharma, or any preconceived way of being. Don’t hold onto anything. Sometimes
what is called for is very ordinary conversation, relating in a simple and easy way. There is a great
skill involved in learning how to listen. Be open and accepting of others. Receptivity and emptiness
of self make possible a wide range of understanding and sharing.
from Joseph Goldstein, The Experience of Insight, pp. 158 & 168
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PREFATORY NOTE:
My initial aim in assembling this collection of quotations was to enhance my own ability to present
and discuss the Technique and to refine my thinking about the work by reflecting on what I found
(and did not find) persuasive in such statements. To that end, I included every definition of the
Technique available to me in print (and from one workshop). Thus the inclusion of a given statement
here is not meant as an endorsement of either its meaning or mode of expression, although there are
many with which I am quite satisfied. I’ll leave the endorsing to you.
STATEMENTS FROM BOOKS:
Michael Gelb, Body Learning:
(p. 1) “The Alexander Technique eludes precise definition because it involves a new experience — the
experience of gradually freeing oneself from the domination of fixed habits.”
(p. 2, quoting Frank Pierce Jones) “...a means for changing stereotyped response patterns by the
inhibition of certain postural sets.”
(p. 90) “The essence of the Alexander Technique is to make ourselves more susceptible to grace.”
Donald Weed, What You Think Is What You Get:
(p. 3) “You see, I don’t think there is any one right answer to this question...”
(quoting a student, p. 4) “The Alexander Technique is the study of thinking in relation to movement.”
(p. 15) “The One Thought that I want them to remember is this:
the poise of a person’s head
in its dynamic relationship with his or her body
in movement
is the key to freedom
and ease of motion.”
Frank Pierce Jones, Body Awareness in Action (now Freedom to Change):
(pp. 1-2) “...[the Alexander Technique] doesn’t teach you something to do. It teaches you how to
bring more practical intelligence into what you are already doing; how to eliminate stereotyped
responses; how to deal with habit and change. It leaves you free to choose your own goal but gives
you a better use of yourself while you work toward it.” “[It is]...a method...for expanding consciousness
to take in inhibition as well as excitation (‘not-doing’ as well as ‘doing’) and thus obtain a better
integration of the reflex and voluntary elements in a response pattern. The procedure makes any
movement or activity smoother and easier.... a ‘means-whereby’ principle in which inhibition of
stereotyped responses opens the way for conscious direction and control.”
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(p. 4) “The Alexander Technique opens a window onto the little known area between stimulus and
response and gives you the self-knowledge you need in order to change the pattern of your response
— or, if you choose, not to make it at all.”
(p. 4) FPJ implies that the Alexander Technique is the “escape from the monkey trap.”
Richard Brennan, The Alexander Technique Manual (1996):
(p. 18) “The Alexander Technique is . . .
• A way of becoming aware and letting go of tension throughout your body.
• ·A re-education, so that you learn how to use your body in a more appropriate way, and avoid
putting stress on the bones, joints and internal organs.
• A process by which you get to know yourself better, not only physically but also mentally and
emotionally as well.
• A way of making real choices in your life, rather than reacting habitually to any given situation.
• A way of understanding how the body is naturally designed to work, and learning how to stop
interfering with these natural functions.
• A technique which you can practise, with the help of lessons, that can bring about harmony and
contentment in your life.”
Richard Craze, Alexander Technique (Teach Yourself Books series):
(p. 4) “And just to clear up a popular misconception, the Alexander Technique isn’t a technique in the
strict sense of the word. It is simply a way of learning to move our bodies in the way that they were
designed to be moved. The way we are brought up combined with the stresses and strains of modern
living set us in ways of moving that cause us excess tension and misalignment. The Alexander Technique
helps us to unlearn those habits and regain the supple poise and grace we had when we were
young. Once our physical structure is free from tension and aches we automatically adopt a more
positive outlook on life and an increase in our emotional well-being; our mental powers improve and
we benefit from an all round improvement in the quality of our lives.”
(p. 19) [quoting STAT] “‘...when the natural subconscious mechanisms for balance and posture are
disturbed by habitual misuse or injury the standard of our physical and mental functioning can be
adversely affected. However, the appropriate muscular activity for posture is not something we can
regain by simply trying harder. It involves ‘automatic’ reflex responses that, when working well,
appear to support the body almost effortlessly.’”
(pp. 20-21) “The Alexander Technique is about choices. We sit in chairs because we believe we have
no choice, that’s all there is to it. And that’s partly right. We also sit down and stand up in a certain
way because that’s the way we do it — we believe we have no choice.
“The Alexander Technique will give you an alternative. Once learnt you will have choice — conscious
choice — in everything you do for the rest of your life.”
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John Nicholls and Sean Carey, The Alexander Technique:
(p. 2) “[What Alexander discovered was] Basically, that all of us, when making efforts to do even the
simplest things, physical or mental, impose on ourselves harmful tensions that restrict our performance.
These tensions are not random but follow a definite pattern, compressing the whole body,
making us actually shorter and narrower.
“In the process, the column of the spine is compressed and the flexible balance of the major components
of the axial column, the head, the neck and the back, is disturbed and distorted. This interrelationship
of head, neck and back was identified by Alexander as being a key factor, a ‘primary
control,’ in determining the distribution of muscle tension throughout the whole body.”
(p. 3) “In a series of Alexander lessons, the teacher will work with someone individually, one-to-one.
He will use his hands to perceive chronic tensions and conflicting muscle pulls and then encourage the
muscles into better balance and harmony. The touchstone of muscular harmony is that flexible balance
of neck, head and back which we will look at more closely later. The student will not be required
to undress; loose, comfortable clothing is fine, and there will be no forceful manipulations, as
Alexander teachers do not attempt to re-position joints directly. Usually, the only equipment involved
will be a firm, upright chair and a firm couch or trestle table cushioned with a blanket. The chair
enables the teacher to work on the student while he is sitting and standing, and he will frequently
move him from the chair to standing and vice-versa. This simple, everyday movement of standing up
or sitting down is a useful tool for teaching someone to support himself and to move with less effort
and tension than usul. Further work is done on the couch or table, with the student lying on his back,
knees bent, feet on the table, and head slightly raised on a support.
“The student’s job in all this is very easy: do nothing, simply allow yourself to be guided by the
teacher’s hands. This is learning at a non-verbal level, by direct body experience, but the teacher will
also explain over a number of lessons how you can best help yourself between lessons. This is not
done by giving you special exercises to do, but by teaching you how you can consciously avoid
(‘inhibit’ in Alexander jargon) harmful tensions, and encourage (‘direct’ is the jargon word) more
natural posture and movement patterns to emerge.
“It is a slow and gradual process. Each lesson lasts 30-45 minutes (the optimum learning time) and
teachers strongly recommend having some lessons close together at first, to help you gain something
of lasting value. The aim is for you eventually to become your own Alexander teacher, able, with
growing awareness, to monitor your own ‘use’ and improve it indefinitely.”
Wilfred Barlow, The Alexander Technique:
(pp. 3-4) “The Alexander Principle states: that there are certain ways of using your body which are
better than certain other ways; that when you reject these better ways of using your body, your
functioning will begin to suffer in some important respects; that it is useful to assess other people by
the way they use themselves.”
(p. 7) “The Alexander Principle says that USE AFFECTS FUNCTIONING.”
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Richard Brennan, The Alexander Technique: Natural Poise for Health:
(p. 2) “The Alexander Technique is often viewed as a technique of breathing and posture, but this is
only a small part of what it really involves. It is, in truth, a method of becoming more aware of
ourselves as we go about our everyday activities. We soon begin to notice, when performing the
simplest of tasks, that we may be putting an enormous strain on our bodies without realizing it.”
(p. 3) “An Alexander lesson consists of two parts:
1. To help the pupil detect and let go of excessive tension that has been held unconsciously in the
body.
2. To help the pupil find different ways of moving that are easier and more efficient, thus reducing
wear and tear on body structure and internal organs.”
(p. 4) “The teacher will then take you through a series of movements so that he will be able to find
out when you are tensing your muscles unnecessarily. You will explore new ways of moving to bring
about a more natural coordination of the body....
“The Alexander Technique is referred to as a re-education rather than a therapy, because the practitioner
is teaching you about yourself. If any disease is cured in the process then it will by you that is
curing yourself.
“Although the effects of the Technique can be far reaching it is, at the same time, simple and can be
understood by everyone. The important qualities to have are patience and a willingness to learn
about oneself. In some cases people cannot grasp some of the basic principles because they are
looking for something more complicated.
“The Alexander Technique is often grouped with various forms of complementary medicines, but it
stands in its own right, being quite unique. This is because it gives each and every one of us the
responsibility for our own well-being. We are encouraged to think for ourselves, so it is a useful tool
for awareness and self-development....”
“When we begin to apply the principles in our lives we see that we are not learning anything new;
rather, we are unlearning. Alexander was often heard to say, ‘If you stop doing the wrong thing the
right thing will happen [(p. 6)] automatically.’”
Robert Rickover, Fitness Without Stress:
(pp. 18-19) [quoting Barlow] “‘The Alexander Technique, briefly, is a method of showing people how
they are misusing their bodies and how they can prevent such misuse, whether it be at rest or during
activity.’”
Glynn Macdonald, Alexander Technique:
(p. 7) “The Alexander Technique is about learning how to change. It is not a magic formula but a
careful method of learning about our mind and body so that we can begin to eradicate the faults and
habits that are holding us back.... We can begin to watch how we stand, walk, speak, sit, work at our
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desk or at the kitchen sink. We can observe how we deal with our children, parents, partners and
friends; with success, failure, disappointment, anxiety, competition and fatigue. We can change
ourselves and learn how to work as a unit so that we can have more time and space. We can gain the
freedom of choosing how we operate, both within ourselves and in the outside world. The Alexander
Technique is about making life easier by working with our mind and body, not struggling against
them.... the Alexander Technique is the means of achieving one’s purpose in relation to finding a
better way of using oneself.”
Judith Leibowitz and Bill Connington, The Alexander Technique:
(p. xv) “The Alexander Technique is a subtle method for changing habits and attitudes, which releases
the body and mind, enhances body awareness and functioning, and gives the body new freedom,
coordination, and energy.”
(p. xvii) “The body functions with maximum efficiency when all its parts are in dynamic balance with
one another. When excess tension is released, it is as if a heavy weight is lifted off the body; there is
often a sense of relief and of wonder at how much easier movement can be. This letting go of excess
tension helps the body release to its full height without straining, thus taking weight off of the joints
so that they can move more freely. The Alexander Technique helps you achieve this freedom, not
through programmed exercises, but through a mind/body awareness of how you are functioning in
daily life.”
John Gray, The Alexander Technique:
(p. 13) “The Alexander Technique is a process of psycho-physical re-education: by inhibiting automatic
habitual responses it allows you to eliminate old habits of reaction and mis-use of the body and,
through more reliable sensory appreciation, brings about improved use and a more appropriate means
of reaction.
“As teachers we are often asked what we do and what the technique is. The explanation given above
is quite a mouthful and tends to shut people up, so it is often better to stick to simpler terms like
‘kinaesthetic re-education,’ ‘a way of teaching you to react more appropriately,’ or ‘a way of eliminating
unnecessary tension in the way we move, react and use ourbodies.’”
Barbara Conable, How to Learn the Alexander Technique:
(p. 1) “The Alexander Technique is a simple and practical method for improving ease and freedom of
movement, balance, support, flexibility, and coordination. It enhances performance and is therefore a
valued tool for actors, dancers, and musicians. Practice of the Technique refines and heightens
kinesthetic sensitivity, offering the performer a control which is fluid and lively rather than rigid. It
provides a means whereby the use of a part — a voice or an arm or a leg — is improved by improving
the use of the whole body.”
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Judith Stransky, The Alexander Technique:
(p. 4) “The Alexander Technique is not a cure. It is not a treatment.
“The Alexander Technique is a series of lessons that teaches you how to move in all activities, from
the simplest to the most complex, in the most natural and easy manner. It teaches you a basic pattern
of good use, which gradually becomes your natural and constant way of moving. It teaches you to
unlearn the poor habits that you have developed, caused by tension and causing more tension, and to
experience again the free, easy and natural way of moving that you once had before the poor habits
set in.”
Patrick Macdonald, The Alexander Technique As I See It:
(nn) “It is the discovery by F. Matthias Alexander of the natural rhythm within the human body which
exists in the sensory and motivating nerve circuits. This essential rhythm has become distorted in
most people, and such distortion becomes the principal cause of most of the ill-health and distress of
many so-called mental and physical diseases.
“The Technique sets out to re-educate the sensory and motivating nerve circuits of the whole body by
means of a series of half-hourly lessons during which time the teacher, by a number of simple limb and
body manipulations, allows the pupil to become aware of the correct sensory awareness in how to use
the whole body. This sensory awareness grows stronger and stronger until the pupil is able to use the
body correctly and to put the body into the best position of advantage in all daily activity so that any
lapse into the old habits of misuse can be avoided.... If one’s sensory appreciation is false — all else
is false.”
Steven Shaw and Armand D’Angour, The Art of Swimming:
(p. 22) “Built on the principle of developing self-awareness in action, the Technique is a system of
psychophysical re-education – a means of increasing our control over the way we act and think…an
awareness of how our thoughts affect our actions.”
An idea from reading J.V. Fenton, Practical Movement Control (Choice of Habit): AT is attention
without tension.
FROM BROCHURES AND FLYERS:
From the ATI Website:
[following a discussion of use of AT by actors, athletes, persons of renown in various fields; also of
particular health benefits] “The common factor in all these aspects of life is that how we are using
ourselves — the way we do things — affects the results we get. The Alexander Technique is a means
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of improving that use. It has been called a ‘pre-technique’ which people can apply to furthering their
own special skills and activities. It is also essentially a preventative technique with which we can
learn to improve and maintain our health.
“...basically you will learn an attitude of not trying to gain your ends at any cost and at the same time
how to prevent your present harmful habits that cause unnecessary stress and restrict your capabilities.”
Soho Center for the Alexander Technique:
“...Alexander’s method challenges the mind/body dichotomy, teaching us to live life at the juncture
where mind and body meet. The Technique helps us to recognize the unconscious physical impedance
we bring to every action, and teaches us how to create greater freedom so that we may be more
effective in the world.”
“...FM Alexander uncovered a mechanism which governs coordination of the body: he called this the
primary control. He also discovered how to access that mechanism through thought...The scope of
the Alexander Technique is no less far-reaching and profound than the capacity to choose how we
exist within our own skin at each moment of our waking lives. When we activate the primary control
through our thinking, our body and mind achieve a level of integration that makes activity easier,
while improving the quality of performance. This applies not only to performance in the usual sense,
but also to how we execute all daily activities such as sitting and walking.”
1994 Sweet Briar Workshop flyer:
“We are designed for movement. Inherent in this design is an incredible capacity for ease, flexibility,
power, and expressiveness.... All too often we unwittingly interfere with this design as we perform
our daily activities. Energy, delight, and grace give way to effort, tension, and fatigue.
“The Alexander Technique offers us a joyful, systematic look into the underlying principles which
govern human movement. When applied, these principles guide us to a dynamic experience of kinesthetic
lightness, wherein thinking becomes clearer, feeling accessible, sensations livelier, and movement
more pleasurable. Within this fluid, more conscious condition, we find our actions and interactions
strengthened and refined, our sense of time expanded, and our rapport with the environment
restored.”
1989 TASP Brochure (Fertman School, Philadelphia):
“In Alexander Techique classes we learn how to consciously sense and relinquish our ineffectual
movement patterns. In the absence of these patterns, we become sensitive to the presence of a
deeper, more primary pattern of co-ordination ... Integrally connected to this process is the refining
and enlivening of our kinesthetic sense. A more reliable kinesthetic sense heightens the use of our
other senses. Thinking becomes clearer. Feelings become accessible. Movement becomes integrated.
We explore how this improved use of ourselves influences the quality of our actions and
interactions and how it affects our relation to the environment, our sense of time, and ultimately, our
sense of ourselves.”
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1993? The Alexander Foundation (TAF) flyer (Fertman School):
“The Alexander Technique is a joyful, systematic inquiry into the underlying principles which govern
human movement. When applied, these simple and profound principles guide us to a dramatic condition
of kinesthetic lightness wherein thinking becomes clearer, feeling accessible, sensation livelier and
movement more pleasurable.
“The Alexander Technique offers us a reliable means for consciously sensing and relinquishing ineffectual
movement patterns. In the absence of these patterns, a deeper, more primary pattern of coordination
emerges. The quality of our actions and interactions improve[s]. Our rapport with the
environment, with time, and with ourselves expands, and becomes heightened, strengthened, unified.”
1993 Conable Workshop Brochure (Columbus, OH):
“The Alexander Technique is a simple and practical method for improving ease and freedom of
movement, balance, support, flexibility, and coordination. It enhances performance and is therefore a
valued tool for actors, dancers, and musicians. Practice of the technique refines and heightens kinaesthetic
sensitivity, offering the performer a control which is fluid and lively rather than rigid. It provides
a means whereby the use of a part (e.g., voice or bow-arm) is improved by improving the use of
the whole body.”
1993? Performance School flyer (Seattle, WA):
“The Alexander Technique is usually described at first in terms of its benefits: greater flexibility and
comfort, increased energy and ability to deal with stress, more effective and efficient performance of
both daily and professional activities, etc. The benefits of the Technique are far reaching because it
offers a process for making the way in which we interact with and learn from our experience more
constructive.
“The basic discovery of FM Alexander can be stated briefly: The poise of one’s head in relationship
with one’s body in movement is the key to freedom and ease of movement. The process for applying
that discovery uses and develops observation, questioning, experimentation, clear thinking, and a
tolerance for the unknown.
“The Alexander Technique is an indirect approach to making change in and gaining more control of
our lives. It offers no set program or new set of rules to follow. Instead, in applying the Technique,
we gain more control by becoming more knowledgeable about how we do things, by educating our
sense of feeling, and by eliminating the unnecessary interferences we unknowingly place in our way,
so that we can begin to approach every activity more wholeheartedly and with a new sense of freedom.”
1990? “Two to Go” Productions Flyer (Carlson & Weiss):
“Somatic Studies investigate the relationship between thinking and moving....
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“The Alexander Technique is a simple, practical method that teaches people to redirect unnecessary
tension into useful energy. It involves learning how to recognize and prevent unwanted movement
patterns and muscular holdings that interfere with our inherent vitality, expressiveness and grace. The
principles of the technique are basic. They can be applied to any activity, from ordinary everyday
movement to highly specialized performance skills, such as dance. The long-term benefits derived
from The Alexander Technique are pervasive, significantly influencing how we attend, move and react
in any given situation.”
1989? Mayara Fagundes flyer (White St. Center, NYC):
“The Alexander Technique promotes the release of tensions, allowing the body to move more efficiently.
“An educational method to improve and change patterns of movement....
“It is a method for experiencing and understanding how the body-mind continuum relate[s] to the
manner [in which] an individual moves in a balanced and well coordinated way.”
1988 NASTAT Statement included in IRDEAT (NYC) flyer (1995?):
“FM Alexander (1869-1955) demonstrated that the difficulties many people experience in learning, in
control of performance, and in physical functioning are caused by unconscious habits. These habits
interfere with your natural poise and your capacity to learn. When you stop interfering with the
innate coordination of the body, you can take on more complex activities with greater self-confidence
and presence of mind.
“The Alexander Technique provides a concrete means for overcoming these impeding habits, and for
helping people learn better and do things more freely — from learning to play a musical instrument to
moving with more comfort and ease through your daily life. From back pain to learning blocks,
whether you are a musician or an office worker, Alexander lessons remain fundamentally the same:
You are guided through simple movements and learn to develop more control in your activities.
“The Alexander Technique, however, is not a therapy that treats a passive patient. It is for the person
interested in working towards his or her goals with increased awareness and practical intelligence.
Although the Alexander Technique does not treat specific symptoms, you can encourage a marked
improvement in overall health, alertness, and performance by consciously eliminating harmful habits
that cause physical and emotional stress, and by becoming more aware of how you engage in your
activities.... [AT is recognized as] an effective aid in improving physical and psychological wellbeing.”
From Julie Ince Thompson flyer:
“The Alexander Technique provides, through a combination of hands-on work and verbal instruction,
a means, whereby the student can reclaim on a conscious level an integrated use of self, and return to
a way of being more fully present and available in life and life’s demands....
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“The Alexander Technique is a powerful tool for recognizing and ‘undoing’ the layers of stress that
can lead to injury, performance fear and an absence of artistic generosity in the individual.”
TAG [The Alexander Guild, preceded ATI], 4.20.92:
“The Alexander Technique is a process of observing and changing HOW we organize ourselves to
achieve our intended actions. This process is based upon the discoveries of Mr. F.M. Alexander
regarding the use and functioning of the mechanism controlling human balance and coordination.
This educational technique can be employed in the performance of familiar activities and in the
learning of new ones to reduce tension and promote general well being.
“People study the Alexander Technique to improve their coordination and to learn to use an appropriate
amount of energy for a particular activity. The Technique has been employed by performing
artists since the early 1900’s to improve the quality of their performances.
“The teaching of the Alexander Technique is accomplished through demonstrations, discussion about
the basic principles of Mr. Alexander’s discoveries and the application of the principles in activities.
The application of the principles in activities results in improved psychophysical coordination, that
is, energetically a more efficient use of the individual.
“It is the simplicity of the principles and the complexities of the ramifications of the applications of
Mr. Alexander’s discoveries that alert us to the fundamental nature of what Mr. Alexander called ‘the
work.’”
Relating AT to other work: Movement Education Studies Chair, Coalition for Professional Association
of Body Centered and Body Oriented Psychotherapists and Counseling Bodyworkers — Definition
of Movement Education Studies (found in ATCC office files):
“Movement Education shall mean methods that educate to improve psychophysical awareness, unity
and integration. Through sensory motor learning, proprioceptive awareness is increased, thereby
offering the student/client the availability of non-habitual choice in everyday activities and specialized
skills. Touch is used in an individual or group setting to enhance verbal instruction and to communicate
coordination, balance and ease of movement.”
NOTES FROM THE 1996 SWEET BRIAR WORKSHOP:
Frank Ottiwell (FO): The Technique is the inhibition.
FO quoting FM Alexander (FM): AT is not doing, but it is an act of volition.
FO: “Think clearly.” [meaning also, energetically]
FO: “We’re interested in talking to the little muscles near the bone; hence the ‘subtle, delicate’ quality
of AT.”
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From FO: FM at the window, looking out at the people in the street: ‘Look at those people — no
knee thrust!’
FO: “Alertness activates the ‘primary action.’” (FM’s earlier term)
Michael Frederick (MF) quoting Marj Barstow (MB): “This work is about all of us waking up.”
MF quoting MB: “Learning not to re-create a feeling, but to re-create a delicate movement.”
MF: “What wakes you up? This question opens the door: how can I be a little bit easier?”
MF: “Alexandrian principles are like awareness of that hand; they exist now; awareness exists now.”
MF: “AT is not primary control — that exists in nature; AT is learning to recognize and remove
interference with the primary control.”
MF quoting MB: “Inhibition is actually movement.”
FO: Patrick MacDonald (PM) and MB, asked for last and first “pronouncements” (respectively) in
San Francisco, both said essentially: “You people have got to learn to separate your heads from your
necks!”
FO: We have the ability to move the head slightly away from first vertebra; this is MB’s “delicate
movement” – “just thinking” your way into a response, activating the so-called “involuntary” muscles.
(may not be verbatim, my summary from notes)
FO: Find out what’s the same about what AT teachers teach.
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