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Thinking Aloud
- Talks on Teaching the Alexander Technique
by Walter Carrington, edited by Jerry Sontag
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Contains 25 extemporaneous talks given by Carrington to his students on his training course for the purpose of clarifying particular aspects of the practice and teaching of the Technique.
Accessible, concentrated, distilled knowledge of 50 years’ of Carrington's teaching experience.
£20.00
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Please note: most copies from a recent import of this book have bumped corners.
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160 pages, hardback,
Mornum Time Press, 1994.
| “The future development of the Technique depends upon all of us - we must continue to learn, and continue to learn to think about the Technique. This book is an invaluable aid in that process.”
From Alison Harper's review in The Alexander Journal, no. 14.
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| This books contains 25 extemporaneous talks given by Carrington to his students on his training course for the purpose of clarifying particular aspects of the practice and teaching of the Technique. They have been selected and edited by J. Sontag from transcribed copies of his talks in the period 1966-90. Some of the titles are: “The Importance of a Teacher’s Use,” “Lengthening in Stature,” “Teaching Directions to Beginners,” “Lengthening and Widening,” “Knees Going Forward and Away,” “Hands on the Back of the Chair,” “Directing the Neck and Head,” “Whispered Ahs,” “Teaching the First Lesson,” “Breathing,” “Generating the Energy to Go Up” and “The Demand of the Constant.” Accessible, concentrated, distilled knowledge of 50 years’ teaching experience.(© 1994 Jean M. O. Fischer) |
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