By Anthony Kingsley Ozempic has become a familiar name far beyond the doctor’s surgery. Celebrity stories, speculation about celebrity weight loss and social media posts have brought it into everyday conversation.[1] If you are struggling with your weight or your relationship with food, you may wonder: Could it help me? Ozempic contains semaglutide, a medicine […]

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 minds. I […]

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 […]