The Alexander Technique Handbook

The author starts by introducing the Alexander Technique. She did a good job. I was immediately drawn into the concept of it. She then explains how this practice can benefit people in various ways. It sounds like this technique could have various applications. The author goes into more detail, and this got me very interested in the general idea of increased body awareness and also interested in concepts like inhibition and coordination. The author does a great job showing how these practices can be used by various groups, like musicians, athletes and others. She also applies it for things like stress relief and public speaking. Overall, I think there is a broad audience of people who could benefit from this technique and this book, and I recommend it.

I found this book to be well thought out and easy to read overall. The only thing I would have preferred is the author using a variety of different ways to describe both the issues and benefits of the techniques for the different professions discussed. I think the author felt it was easier to understand the method possibly with this style of repeating certain phrases more than once then adding on something new. I would have enjoyed a bit more description regarding the benefits and exercises as I am familiar with postural integration techniques. It is, however, an excellent introductory book to this technique for people who know nothing about this type of work.