Copyright © Patrick Macdonald 1989, 2002, 2006 index copyright © Sussex Academic Press 1989, 2002, 2006 The right of Patrick Macdonald to be identified as author of this work has been asserted in accordance with the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988. 468109753 First published 1989, reprinted 2002 and 2006, in Great Britain by RAHULA BOOKS An imprint of THE ALPHA PRESS LTD PO Box 139 Eastbourne BN24 9BP and in the United States of America by RAHULA BOOKS An imprint of THE ALPHA PRESS LTD 920 NE 58th Avenue, Suite 300 Portland, Oregon 97213-3644 All rights reserved. Except for quotation of short passages for the purposes of criticism and review, no part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted, in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording or otherwise, without the prior permission of the publisher. British Library Cataloguing in Publication Data Macdonald, Patrick, 1910— The Alexander technique as I see it. 1. Physical fitness. Posture. Theories of Alexander, F. M. (Frederick Mathias), 1869-1955 1. Title 613.7'8'0294 ISBN 0-9515072-0-6 Printed by TJ International, Padstow, Cornwall. This book is printed on acid-free paper.Contents Frontispiece: Patrick Macdonald ii Preface ix Acknowledgements xi The Alexander Technique: What Is It? xiii Notebook Jottings 1 1 Alexander's Discovery 38 2 Learning the Technique 45 3. Why We Learn the Technique 52 4 Teaching the Technique 63 Science an Ax 63 Getting a Pupil’s Head to Go Forward and Up 69 Variations in Technique 72 Giving Directions, Doing Index 107 vii Copyrighted material