36 articles on the Alexander Technique related to: education psychology theology art science medicine Many of these articles have become classics and are now only available in this volume. £24.00 (£19.95 directly from Mouritz)

Paperback, 352 pages, 25 b/w illustrations, index of names.

More details: More Talk of Alexander

In More Talk of Alexander Dr Barlow has carefully selected 36 articles on many and varied facets of the Alexander Technique including education, psychology, theology, art, science, and medicine. Some of these articles first appeared in the Alexander Journal and some are edited articles of Barlow’s own research into the Technique with additional information. Among the many impressive contributors are: Aldous Huxley, John Dewey, Marjory Barlow (Alexander’s niece), Dr Nina Meyer, Dr Robin Skynner, Dr Grahame Fagg, Dr Peter Macdonald, Fr Geoffrey Curtis, and the Nobel-prize winner, Professor Nikolaas Tinbergen.

Barlow has also included articles critical of the Technique: his report on the libel action which Alexander brought and won in South Africa, Dr Skynner’s impression of his first twelve lessons, and Dr Barlow’s own recommendations for the qualities pupils should seek in a teacher of the Technique.

This collection is ideal for readers who wish to become better acquainted with this extraordinary method for self-improvement and who seek a deeper understanding of its potential through its many possible applications.

Sample pages, pp. 50-51, from More talk of Alexander available in pdf.

Contents

1. Contents
   List of illustrations
   Introduction by Dr Wilfred Barlow
2. Descriptions
   The Teaching of F Matthias Alexander by Marjory Alexander Barlow
   A Diary of Lessons with Alexander by Louise Morgan
   Opening Address of Mr J H Hanson in the South Africa Libel Trial
   The Meaning of Misuse by Dr Wilfred Barlow
3. Applications
   Educational
   A Psychophysical Education by Aldous Huxley
   The Barrier of Habit by John Dewey
   The F Matthias Alexander Technique and its Relation to Education by I G Griffith
   Physical Education Research by Dr Wilfred Barlow:
   1 An investigation into kinaesthesia; 2 An investigation into postural deformity
   Psychological
   Preoccupation with the Disconnected by John Dewey
   Anxiety and Muscle Tension by Dr Wilfred Barlow
   Alexander’s View of Psychoanalysis by Marjory Alexander Barlow
   Jung and Alexander: The Common Ground by Dr Nina Meyer
   The Process of Growth by Dr Robin Skynner
   Hide or Seek by Dorothea Wallis
   The Deeper Significance of Posture and Movement by Dr Grahame Fagg
   Theological
   End-Gaining and Means-Whereby by Aldous Huxley
   The Alexander Principle and some Spiritual Disciplines by Fr Geoffrey Curtis
   Ordering: A correspondence between Dr Wilfred Barlow and Fr Geoffrey Curtis
   Artistic
   Alexander’s Ideas and Visual Art by Dr Wilfred Barlow
   A Painter’s Training by George J D Bruce
   Musicians and the Technique by Hugo Cole
   Research at The Royal College of Music by Dr Wilfred Barlow
   The Indirect Approach to Singing by Joyce Warrack
   Tension and the Actor by Joyce Wodeman
   The Alexander Technique and the Actor by John Gray
   Scientific
   Mr Alexander’s Use of Scientific Method by Professor A E Heath
   Use and Misuse in Evolutionary Perspective by NTinbergen
   Alexander’s Meeting with Coghill by Edward H Owen
   The Total Pattern of Behaviour by Dr Wilfred Barlow
   Medical
   Ethology and Stress Diseases by N Tinbergen
   Instinct and Functioning in Health and Disease by Dr Peter Macdonald
   The Alexander Technique and Back Disorders by Eric de Peyer
   Medical Aspects of the Alexander Technique by Dr Wilfred Barlow
4. Objections
   Introduction
   The First Twelve Lessons by Dr Robin Skynner
   The South African Legal Action
   What Sort of Alexander Teacher? by Dr Wilfred Barlow
   
   List of Works Consulted
   Contributors
   Index of Names
   

Publication notes

First published by Gollancz in 1978.

Paperback. 352 pages, 25 b/w illustrations, index of names, 216 x 138 mm
Printed on 100 gsm opaque paper. ISBN 0-9543522-7-0.

Errata

Page 99: the last line of the paragraph - "and none in the lowest grade" - appears below the fig. 16 instead of above. This has pushed the last line of the caption on to the top of page 100.
Page 102: the last line of the paragraph - "and fig 17b (male)" - appears below the fig. 17 instead of above.

Dorothea Wallis wishes it to be known that she does not understand the change of the title of her article from "A ring at the door" to "Hide or seek" (p. 144).