Literature listed below is available from
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Recommended
Introductions to the Alexander Technique
Freedom to Change by Frank Pierce Jones. London: Mouritz, 1997. (First published under the title, Body Awareness in Action, 1976.) Available from Mornum Time Press, 381 Bush Street, Suite 500, San Francisco, CA 94104
A comprehensive account of the Alexander Technique, this book includes a substantial amount of information on John Dewey and the Alexander Technique.
Indirect Procedures: A Musician's Guide to the Alexander Technique by Pedro de Alcantara with foreword by Sir Colin Davis. Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1997. ISBN 0-19-816568-4 [0-19-816569-2, paperback]. Available from AmSAT Books and Amazon..
Although this book explains the Alexander Technique from the perspective of music-making, it is an excellent introduction for anyone interested in learning about the technique. There are a few errors in the technical descriptions of two of Alexander's procedures, otherwise it is probably the best book on the Technique currently available, apart from F.M. Alexander's own works.
The Alexander Technique by Chris Stevens. Rutland, Vermont: Charles E. Tuttle Company, Inc., 1987, 1994. ISBN 0-8048-3006-1. Available from AmSAT Books and Amazon..A brief, easy-to-read introduction.The British Medical Journal wrote: "It [the Alexander Technique] is difficult to explain without practical experience, but Chris Stevens provides an excellent introduction."
Articles and Lectures: Articles, Published Letters and Lectures on the Alexander Technique (1894-1950). Jean Fisher (ed.), London: Mouritz Press, 1995. Available from AmSAT Books and Mouritz Press.
Man's Supreme Inheritance with Introduction by John Dewey, 1918. Current edition: London: Mouritz Press, 1996. Available from AmSAT Books and Mouritz Press.. "Alexander's authorized 1946 edition with additional material from earlier additions. Contains "ten appendices omitted from earlier additions, reviews of the 1910 and 1918 editions, extracts from reviews," etc.
Constructive Conscious Control of the Individual with Introduction by John Dewey, 1923. Present edition: London: STAT Books, 1997. Available from AmSAT Books.
The Use of the Self with Introduction by John Dewey, 1932. Present edition: United Kingdom: Victor Gollancz Ltd. 1985. Available from AmSAT Books.
The Universal Constant in Living 1941. Current edition: London: Mouritz Press, 1996. Available from Mouritz Press and AmSAT Books.
Link for descriptions of the following literature:
John Dewey and F.M. Alexander edited by Alexander Murray (booklet). Available from AmSAT Books, 30 North Maple, Florence MA 01062. Phone: 1-800-473-0620; e-mail: alexandertech@earthlink.net.John Dewey and F. Matthias Alexander II edited by Alexander Murray (booklet). Available from AmSAT Books, 30 North Maple, Florence MA 01062. Phone: 1-800-473-0620; e-mail: alexandertech@earthlink.net
John Dewey and F. Matthias Alexander III edited by Alexander Murray (booklet). Available from AmSAT Books, 30 North Maple, Florence MA 01062. Phone: 1-800-473-0620; e-mail: alexandertech@earthlink.net.
John Dewey and F. Matthias Alexander IV edited by Alexander Murray (booklet). Available from AmSAT Books, 30 North Maple, Florence MA 01062. Phone: 1-800-473-0620; e-mail: alexandertech@earthlink.net.
The Expanding Self by Goddard Binkley. London: STAT Books, 1993. ISBN 0-9519304-3-5. Available from AmSAT Books
Connecting Links (booklet) by Irene Tasker, 1967. Available from AmSAT Books.
"Alexander, Dewey, Jones, and McCormack: A Circle of Influence" by Jo Ann Boydston. Text of keynote address at the 1996 NASTAT annual meeting. NASTAT News (newsletter of the North American Society of Teachers of the Alexander Technique) #34, 1996. Available from AmSAT Books, 30 North Maple, Florence MA 01062. Phone: 1-800-473-0620; e-mail: alexandertech@earthlink.net.
"Connecting Links" by Alexander Murray. NASTAT News #16, 1992. Available from AmSAT, 30 North Maple, Florence MA 01062. Phone: 1-800-473-0620; e-mail: alexandertech@earthlink.net
"Frank Pierce Jones's Life and Work" by Missy Vineyard. Address at 1996 NASTAT Annual General Meeting, NASTAT News No. 34, 1996. Available from AmSAT, 30 North Maple, Florence MA 01062. Phone: 1-800-473-0620; e-mail: alexandertech@earthlink.net
Dewey's introductions to ... Alexander's books ... together with the chapter on Habits and Will in Human Nature and Conduct still provide the best general introduction to Alexander's work.
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