By Jill Banwell   In this essay I discuss how an Alexander Teacher Training course, particularly Anthony Kingsley’s Alexander Teacher Training School (ATTS), can be considered a Therapeutic Community.   Introduction In 1999 I did some voluntary work in different kinds of services for drug users.  One of the places that I worked was a […]

by Anthony Kingsley: We fall upwards into the ocean of Life that supports us. It is the actionless act of vital surrender.   Beyond Posture It was a truly wonderful Congress, with so many teachers, students and friends coming together from all over the world to explore the Alexander Technique with open hearts and open […]

By Patrick Macdonald This essay is not meant to be a comprehensive treatise on how to teach the Alexander Technique. Indeed, the subtle interplay of forces, both psychological and mechanical, between teacher and pupil, which is, in my opinion, the essence of teaching the Alexander Technique, will only be touched on casually. My purpose in […]

By Anthony Kingsley How can an Alexander Teacher define the Technique? Is the Alexander Technique an Education or a Therapy? Should Alexander Teachers sit on a register of complementary therapists such as the CNHC as we are currently entitled? At this moment in time, this issue is creating a huge amount of heat within the […]