F M Alexander, an unusual man, who,
without his ability to question beyond recognized
opinion in order to gain a greater understanding,
developed this unique fundamentally practical technique.
Through years of patient application to
himself, he corrected his own default ...a hoarse voice
when he was on stage. Through this his method of psycho-
physical re-education evolved.
When Alexander started teaching people
his technique he would talk and give them the experience
of his hands. He later discovered that when using his
hands and simultaneously maintaining his own good use,
the pupil would gain much more ground.
The uniqueness of this technique not to
teach a new exercise nor a new way of doing something,
but rather to educate the mind and the muscle to “undo”,
is ultimately the more effective.