Freedom to change : the development and science of the Alexander technique

Freedom to change : the development and science of the Alexander technique / Frank Pierce Jones ; introduction by J. McVicker Hunt ; foreword by Ted Dimon.

Author/creator	Jones, Frank Pierce
Other author/creator	Jones, Frank Pierce Body awareness in action.
Other author/creator	Hunt, Joseph McVicker, 1906-1991.
Other author/creator	Dimon, Theodore, Jr.
Format	Book and Print
Edition	3rd ed.
Publication Info	London : Mouritz, 1997.
Description	xviii, 222 pages, 4 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color), portraits ; 21 cm
Subject(s)	Alexander, F. Matthias (Frederick Matthias), 1869-1955. Alexander technique.

Contents	Introduction by J. McVicker Hunt -- Foreword to New Edition by Ted Dimon -- Acknowledgements -- 1. Escape from the Monkey Trap: An Introduction to the Alexander Technique -- 2. Sensory Evidence -- 3. Alexander's Discovery -- 4. Man's Supreme Inheritance -- 5. Constructive Conscious Control of the Individual -- 6. The Use of the Self -- 7. The Universal Constant in Living -- 8. The Two Brothers -- 9. The Alexander Training Course -- 10. Trial in Johannesburg -- 11. Dewey and Alexander -- 12. Experimental Studies -- 13. What is the Mechanism? -- 14. Notes on Teaching -- Appendix A: F.M. Alexander and the Re-education of Feeling -- Appendix B: The Organization of Awareness -- Appendix C: Awareness, Freedom and Muscular Control -- Appendix D: Learning How to Learn: An Operational Definition of the Alexander Technique -- Appendix E: Drafts and Notes -- Glossary -- Select Bibliography -- Index.
General note	Previous ed. published as: Body awareness in action. New York : Schocken Books, 1979.
Bibliography note	Includes bibliographical references (pages 213-217) and index.
ISBN	0952557479 (pbk)

Library	Location	Call Number	Status	Item Actions
Music	Closed Stacks - Ask at Circulation Desk	BF172 .J66 1997	✔ Available	Place Hold