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SO, WHO IS F. M. ALEXANDER? F. M. Alexander, born in Australia, lived most of his life in England throughout the early half of last century. He was an early proponent of the mind/body continuum and sought to introduce a clear scientific process to address it. In fact, Dr. Nikolas Tinbergen devoted much of his acceptance speech to the merits of the Alexander Technique (AT) upon winning the Nobel Prize for Physiology and Medicine in 1973. "[The Alexander Technique has shown] very striking improvements in such diverse things as high blood pressure, breathing, depth of sleep, overall cheerfulness, mental alertness, and resillience against outside pressure. Many types of under-performance and ailments, both mental and physical, can be alleviated, sometimes to a surprising extent, by teaching the body musculature to function differently." |
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F. M. Alexander co-wrote one of his four books with renowned philosopher Jon Dewey spreading AT's influence to the United States. One of Alexander's most devout students was the best-selling novelist Aldous Huxley -- Huxley even based a character on F. M. Alexander in his book Eyeless in Gaza. In fact, many famous figures of his time including Sir Stafford Cripps, George Bernard Shaw, Sir Charles Herrington and James Harvey Robinson were avid students. Some of these intellectuals called Alexander Technique a western shortcut to Zen. "The great phase in man's advancement is passing from the subconscious to conscious control of his own mind and body." |
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