BOOKS ON THE ALEXANDER TECHNIQUE

• Body learning
  Michael Gelb
  Henry Holt, USA 1981- 180 p.; Aurum Press, London 1994 -150 p.
  
  The most successful introduction to the Alexander Technique
  
  www.michaelgelb.com

• The Alexander Technique, A skill for life
  Pedro de Alcantara
  (The Crowood Press, UK 1999 – 128 p.
  
  Good introduction to the Alexander Technique
  
  www.pedrodealcantara.com

• Indirect procedures – A musician’s guide to the Alexander Technique
  Pedro de Alcantara
  Clarendon Press, UK 1997 – 313 p.
  
  Very good book of much interest for non musicians also.
  
  www.pedrodealcantara.com

• The Alexander Technique:
  Freedom in action and though
  Tasha Miller and David Langstroth
  Nous Publishing, Canada 2006
  ISBN 9780973978629
  151 pages with illustrations and color photos
  
  www.alexandertechniqueatlantic.ca/nous.asp
  
  
  
• The Alexander Technique
  Chris Stevens, Optima, UK 1987 - 86 p.
  
  Simple and clear introductory book.
  
  

• The art of changing, a new approach to the Alexander Technique
  Glen Park
  Ashgrove Press, UK 1989 – 296 p.
  
  The first part of the book is a good introduction to the Alexander Technique. The second part of the book deals with man in a broader perspective.

• The Alexander principle, how to use your body without stress
  Dr. Wilfred Barlow
  Victor Gollancz, UK 1973 - 226 p.; Orion, UK 1998
  
  Excellent general introduction from a medical standpoint.
  book review

• Freedom to change
  Frank Pierce Jones
  Mouritz, UK London 1998 – 222 p.
  (First edition in 1976 as Body Awareness in Action
  by Shocken Books, USA)
  
  Excellent analysis of development and scientific research on the Alexander Technique
  
  book review

• The Alexander Technique Birthbook –
  A guide to better pregnancy, natural birth and parenthood
  Ilana Machover, Robinson
  London 1993 – 179 p.
  
  homepage.ntlworld.com/ilana.m

• Back Trouble -
  A new approach to prevention and recovery
  Deborah Caplan
  Triad Publishing Company, Florida 1987 – 200 p.
  
  www.physicaltherapy.org/books/

• Skill and poise –
  Articles on Skill, Poise and the F.M. Alexander Technique, Raymond Dart
  STAT Books, London 1996 -184 p.
  
  Six scientific articles and lectures on the Alexander Technique from the famous anthropologist and anatomist:

  1. The significance of Skill (1934)
  2. An anatomist’s tribute to F. Matthias Alexander (1970)
  3. Voluntary Musculature of the Human Body: The Double-Spiral Arrangement (1950)
  4. The Postural Aspect of Malcocclusion (1946)
  5. The Attainement of Poise (1947)
  6. Weightlessness (1961)

  book review
  
  Search for Raymond Dart on the Web for more information on the man.

• The undivided self -
  The Alexander Technique and the Control of Stress, Theodore Dimon Jr
  North Atlantic Books, California 1999 - 230 p.
  
  Analysis of Mind /body and conscious control.
  
  www.dimoninstitute.org

• The Elements of skill - a conscious approach to learning, Theodore Dimon Jr,
  North Atlantic Books, California 2003 - 224 p.
  
  www.dimoninstitute.org

• Let your Life flow – The physical, psychological and spiritual benefits of the Alexander Technique
  Alex Maunder
  The C.W. Daniel Company, UK 2002 – 241 p.
  
  www.alextech.homecall.co.uk/

• The Art of running with the Alexander Technique
  Malcolm Balk & Andrew Shields
  Ashgrove Publishing, London & Bath, 2000 – 144 p.
  
  www.theartofrunning.com/Welcome.html

• The Art of Swimming - a new direction using the Alexander Technique
  Steven Shaw & Armand D'Angour
  Ashgrove Publishing, London & Bath, 2001 – 160 p.
  
  www.artofswimming.com/

• The Alexander Technique for Actors
  Kelly McEvenue
  Methuen, London, 2001 – 148 p.

• Mind and muscle
  Elizabeth Langford
  Garant, Leuven 1998, 240 p. - illustrated,
  ISBN 90 5350 883 X
  
  Basic information on functional anatomy
  from the Alexander Technique standpoint.
  

See the bibliography in Mouritz' website:
www.mouritz.co.uk/5.10.Author.a.html

You will also find other book titles and information on the Alexander Societies websites and on the page Publishers