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ALEXANDER TECHNIQUE
VIDEO: Health Watch Fox News - The Mayo Clinic offers the Alexander Technique
Alexander Technique teachers are specialists in bringing individuals back to optimal co-ordination and functioning.
RADIO: NPR Morning Edition - "Alexander Technique: A Balm for Back Pain
Audio interview + transcript
BOOK: How the Body Knows Its Mind by Sian Beilock - excerpt "Buddha, Alexander, and Perlman"
The Head of the Human Performance Lab at the University of Chicago writes about the Alexander technique in her new book, How the Body Knows the Mind: the surprising power of the physical environment to influence how you think and feel.
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NEWSPAPER: New York Times - "To Relieve Tension: Mind the Spine, But Do Not "Relax"
Alexander Technique teacher's experiences with AT + Buddhism
RESEARCH SITE: Scientific Research + Alexander Technique
An annotated bibliography of selected research studies involving the Alexander Technique. All were published in peer-reviewed scientific journals or presented at conferences with peer-reviewed abstracts.
Dennis (1999). Journal of Gerontology - Series A: Biological and Medical Sciences, 54A(1): M8-M11.
Women aged 65-88 who received 8 Alexander Technique lessons showed a 36% improvement in forward-reaching distance (a common measure of balance control), while control subjects of the same age showed a 6% decrease over the same time-period.
PODCAST: Pregnancy + Alexander Technique
Ilana Machover, an Alexander Technique teacher, childbirth educator and doula in London, England talks about the usefulness of the Alexander Technique in pregnancy...
Childbirth + Alexander Technique
...and in childbirth.
MORE INFORMATION + FIND TEACHERS
The Complete Guide to the Alexander Technique
Alexander Technique International
American Society for the Alexander Technique
Asheville Area Alexander Teachers
International Directory for Alexander Technique
Ireland: Alexander Technique Studio
Ireland: The Irish Society of Alexander Technique Teachers
Direction Journal, a journal of the alexander technique
PILATES
WEBSITE: Joseph Pilates + FM Alexander
Joseph Hubertus Pilates + the Pilates Method + Frederick Mathias Alexander + the Alexander Technique = The Men, Their Discoveries + Their Legacies
RUNNING
RADIO: NPR Morning Edition - "Put Those Shoes On! Running Won't Kill Your Knees"
Audio interview + transcript
Running is good for your joints. (Form Fitness & Function can help you learn how for yourself)
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