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 This
version has been translated into Japanese by Professor Yuzuru
Katagiri of Kyoto Seika University and Chie Koyama of KAPPA. It
is published by Seishin
Shobo, Limited, of Tokyo, and is available from them or any
Japanese bookseller (~ ¥2500) or from Andover Press in
the US ($30.00 plus shipping and handling).
Description
A primer for students of the Alexander Technique, a well-known
method for improving freedom and ease of movement and physical
coordination. This book provides the first authoritative account
of William Conable's concept, Body Mapping, the study of how our
ideas about our bodies affect our experience and movement. This
concept is integrated with a lucid explanation of the Alexander
Technique that clarifies and simplifies the task of teaching and
learning the Technique.
About the Author
Barbara Conable is an Alexander teacher of 23 years experience
and a teaching member of the North American Society of Teachers
of the Alexander Technique and Alexander Technique International.
She has taught at the Ohio State University and the Cincinnati
Conservatory and is Founder and President
of Andover Educators. She is an active poet and the author
and editor of several books about the Alexander Technique.
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Powerful & Original
"Filled with powerful insights and original thinking, the Conable book is a superb, practical guide for Alexander Students"
- Michael Gelb, author of Body Learning and founder of High Performance Learning
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Immediate Usefulness
"This is a book to read with enthusiasm and attentiveness. It could influence profoundly a teacher's effectiveness with students....A book of immediate usefulness to the performer and teacher, and one which will stimulate productive self-evaluation and awareness. It is persuasive and positive in tone, easy to read and wonderfully enticing."
- Thomas Mastroianni, American Music Teacher
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