Introductory Books

• Michael Gelb, Body Learning (Aurum, 2013) Amazon | Worldcat®
• Carolyn Nicholls, Body, Breath and Being: A New Approach to the Alexander Technique (D&B, 2nd edn, 2014) Amazon | Worldcat®
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Next steps

• Theodore Dimon, The Body in Motion: Its Evolution and Design (North Atlantic Books, 2011) Amazon | Worldcat®
• Elizabeth Langford, Mind and Muscle: An Owner’s Handbook (Leuven: Alexandertechniek Centrum, 2008) Mornum Time Press | Worldcat®
• Missy Vineyard, How You Stand, How You Move, How You Live (Da Capo Press, 2007) Amazon | Worldcat®
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Alexander’s Four Books

Alexander’s books are widely available in various editions and libraries. It is worth going to the trouble of obtaining the Mouritz editions, which are superbly produced and edited. Only The Use of the Self is not available from Mouritz; the others are available in the US from Mornum Time Press or directly from Mouritz in the UK.

• Man’s Supreme Inheritance: Conscious Guidance and Control in Relation to Human Evolution in Civilization (1910, rev. 1918, new edn 1945) Mornum Time Press | Worldcat®
• Constructive Conscious Control of the Individual (1923) Mornum Time Press | Worldcat®
• The Use of the Self: Its Conscious Direction in Relation to Diagnosis, Functioning and the Control of Reaction (1932) Amazon | Worldcat®
• The Universal Constant in Living (1941, rev. 1946) Mornum Time Press | Worldcat®

Further Reading

• Articles and Lectures: Articles, Published Letters and Lectures on the F.M. Alexander Technique (London: Mouritz 2011) Mouritz | Worldcat®
• Ron Brown, Authorized Summaries of F.M.Alexander’s Four Books (French Connection Press, 1992) Amazon | [No Worldcat® entry]
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Books for the Deep Divers

• Marjory Barlow, An Examined Life: Marjory Barlow and the Alexander technique: in conversation with Trevor Allan Davies
  (Berkeley CA: Mornum Time Press, 2002) Amazon | Worldcat®
• Walter Carrington, Thinking Aloud: Talks on Teaching the Alexander Technique (Berkeley CA: Mornum Time Press, 1994) Amazon | Worldcat®
• _____, The Act of Living: Talks on the Alexander Technique (Berkeley CA: Mornum Time Press, 1999) Amazon | Worldcat®
• Patrick MacDonald, The Alexander Technique as I See It (London: Mouritz 2015) Mornum Time Press | Worldcat®
• Fiona Robb, Not To ‘Do’: An Account of Lessons in the Alexander Technique with Margaret Goldie, July 1995 to November 1996 (London: Camon Press, 1999) Amazon | Worldcat®
• Mornum Time Press catalog
• Mouritz Press catalog
• Hite catalog
• AmSAT bookstore
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Books for Musicians

• Pedro de Alcantara, Indirect Procedures: A Musician’s Guide To The Alexander Technique (Oxford and New York: Oxford University Press, 2nd edn, 2013) Amazon | Worldcat®
• Nelly Ben-Or, “The Alexander Technique”, in C. Grindea (ed.), Tensions in the Performance of Music: A Symposium (London: Kahn & Averill 1978): pp. 84–95 Amazon | Worldcat®
• Judith Kleinman & Peter Buckoke, The Alexander Technique for Musicians (London: Methuen Drama, 2013) Amazon | Worldcat®
• Elizabeth Langford, Mind and Muscle and Music (Leuven: Alexandertechniek Centrum, 2008) Worldcat®
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Podcasts

• Robert Rickover, Body Learning

The target audience for this podcast varies from beginners to teachers. I found especial value in episodes devoted to directing.

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Friends, Colleagues, Referrals

Alexander Technique

• The American Society for the Alexander Technique: information, teachers, research
• The Colorado Society for the Alexander Technique: my fellow Alexander teachers in Colorado, plus events, resources, and blogs
• The Complete Guide to the Alexander Technique: the most comprehensive source for information about the Alexander Technique worldwide
• Alexander Technique Denver: teacher-training, student intensives, trainee for a day
• Alexander Technique Workshops International: Intensive residential courses
• Alexander Technique blogs: a treasure trove of writing on the Technique
• Maedée Duprés (Denver, Colorado)
• Nada Diachenko (Boulder, Colorado)
• Nicole Rafferty (Denver, Colorado)
• Michelle Brake: Think to Move (Denver, Colorado)
• Imogen Ragone: Body Intelligence (Wilmington Delaware)

Your pre- and post-lesson coffee!

• La Belle Rosette: espresso and wine bar one block away from the Newman Center, with excellent sandwiches, wraps, salads, etc.
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