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Journals,
DVDs etc
to buy

Publications
Literature about the Alexander Technique,
DVDs and other media

STAT publishes STATnews, the Society's newsletter, three times a year, and The Alexander Journal from time to time.

The Society also holds extensive archive material that may be available to researchers.

Every care has been taken to ensure that publishers represented on this page are reputable companies. However, as these publishers are independent of STAT, we cannot take any resposibility for the content of their websites, or for their services.


The Lugano Congress Papers, 2011

Now available - May 2012.

The Congress Papers Learning From Each Other
9th International Congress 2011, Lugano

Click here for more details.

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The Lugano Congress Papers, 2008

The Congress Papers From Generation to Generation
8th International Congress 2008, Lugano - Volumes 1 and 2

Two paperback volumes (216 X 138 mm), 288 pages each, with illustrations.

£17.95 each volume plus postage

To order this publication please email:
or call the office on 0207 482 5135.

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Back Issues of the Alexander Journal
The office has back issues of the Journal for sale at £5 per issue including post and packing. Please email the office or phone 0207 482 5135 to enquire about availabilty. Cheques should be made payable to The Society of Teachers of the Alexander Technique and posted stating your requirements clearly to:

The Society of Teachers of the Alexander Technique
1st Floor, Linton House
39-51 Highgate Road
London NW5 1RS

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Books Available from the Office

Published papers from 7th international congress
of the FM Alexander Technique 2004 - £19.95 + P&P

The office has some copies of the following books available for sale.

The Alexander Technique in conversation with John Nicholls and Sean Carey - £10.00 + P&P

Skill and Poise by R A Dart - £25 + P&P

The Congress Papers 6th International Congress, Freiburg 1999 - £12.95 + P&P

Authorised Summaries of FM Alexander's four books by R Brown - £10.00 + P&P

The Foundation of Human Well-Being, and The Work of Professor Magnus and the F Matthias Alexander Technique by Walter H M Carrington - £6.00 + P&P

To order from the STAT office:

For the full price of your order including postage and packaging, and to order, please contact Luke Chatterton in the STAT office at or call the office on 0207 482 5135

Payment can be made by cheque made payable to STAT for UK pounds Sterling or by credit card or debit card (Visa, MasterCard, Switch/Maestro, Solo)

Both members and non-members should pay in advance. Postage and packaging will be added to the price of the order.

Enquiries should be made concerning back issues of the Journal (above).

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Direction Journal
back in Business!

Direction is an independent, international journal of the Alexander Technique. It is now being published again after a hiatus (August 2009).
Visit: www.directionjournal.com/subscription

  • Free Subscription Trial offer available for a limited time.
  • All issues back in print... or just pay US Dollars 10 for a pdf download!
  • New Issue: Dr Garlick Papers: 20 Reports in the one volume!
  • Dozens of mp3 audios available at the website of Walter Carrington, PLUS live interviews of eminent teachers from around the globe by Paul Cook, editor of Direction.
  • 90 Congress papers from 1988, 1991 and 1994 included free in a subscription!
  • Alexander Directory Listing free with a Trial subscription
  • Plus much more...
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Independent Publishers

Many popular books are available from bookshops or internet booksellers. However, the following publishers specialise in books on the Alexander Technique and offer direct-from-the-publisher retail mail order services to the UK:


The Sheildrake Press
Based in UK

www.constructiveteachingcentre.com/about_us.shtml?publications_links

The following titles are available:

Books from the Sheildrake Press

A Time to Remember by WHM Carrington, 1996
A personal diary of teaching the F.M. Alexander Technique in 1946
Price: £15 (postage and packing UK £2.50, Europe £3.00, elsewhere £5.00)

Pamphlets from the Sheildrake Press

A Means of Understanding Man by WHM Carrington, 1970

Balance as a Function of Intelligence by WHM Carrington, 1970

Man's Future as an Individual by WHM Carrington, 1969

F Matthias Alexander: A Biographical Outline by WHM Carrington, 1979

A Technique for Musicians by FP Jones, 1968

Learning how to learn by FP Jones, 1974

The Body - A Matter of Meaning by M Page, 1984

Connecting Links by I Tasker, 1978

The pamphlets cost £2.50 each, including postage to UK and Europe. Elsewhere £3.50.

Orders must be accompanied by payment and may be made by post to

The Constructive Teaching Centre
18 Lansdowne Road
London W11 3LL

Cheques or money orders should be made payable to: The Constructive Teaching Centre Ltd

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Mouritz
Based in UK

www.mouritz.co.uk

The following titles are available:

FM Alexander 1949-1950 DVD with commentary by Walter Carrington

Inside Yourself by Louise Morgan

Choice of Habit by Jack Fenton

Your Innate Power by Olive Brown

The Alexander Technique Birth Book
by I Machover and J and A Drake

Aphorisms by F Matthias Alexander

Articles and Lectures Articles, Published Letters and Lectures on the F M Alexander Technique by F Matthias Alexander

Constructive Conscious Control of the Individual by F M Alexander

Dare to be Wrong - The Teaching of Judith Leibowitz

Directed Activities: A Diary of Practical Procedures for Students and Teachers of the F M Alexander Technique as taught at the Constructive Teaching Centre, 1989-1992 by Gerard Grennell

Explaining the Alexander Technique
by Walter Carrington and Seán Carey

F Matthias Alexander, The Man and His Work: Memoirs of Training in the Alexander Technique, 1931-34 by Lulie Westfeldt

Freedom to Change The Development and Science of the Alexander Technique by Frank Pierce Jones

Man’s Supreme Inheritance, Conscious Guidance and Control in Relation to Human Evolution in Civilization by F Matthias Alexander

More Talk of Alexander - Aspects on the Alexander Technique edited by Dr Wilfred Barlow

Personally Speaking Walter Carrington on the F M Alexander Technique in discussion with Seán Carey

The Philosopher’s Stone Diaries of Lessons with F Matthias Alexander edited and introduced by Jean Fischer

The Universal Constant in Living by F Matthias Alexander

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Mornum Time Press
Based in USA

www.mtpress.com

The following titles are available:

Only Connect by Elizabeth Langford

Voice and the Alexander Technique by Jane Heirich (book and CD)

Freedom to Change by Frank Pierce Jones

Thinking Aloud by Walter Carrington, edited by Jerry Sontag

The Act of Living by Walter Carrington, edited by Jerry Sontag

An Examined Life by Marjory Barlow with Trevor Allan Davies

Curiosity Recaptured various authors, edited by Jerry Sontag

Mind and Muscle, an owner's handbook by Elizabeth Langford

FM Alexander: the life of Frederick Matthias Alexander, Founder of the Alexander Technique by Michael Bloch
NB Mornum Time Press are distributing this book in the USA. It is published by Little Brown UK and is available from bookshops in the UK. However, if you are placing other orders with Mornum Time Press you may consider it worthwhile buying this book in the same parcel.

Imparando a Dire No by Walter Carrington
A collection of 20 talks from Thinking Aloud and The Act of Living, selected and translated into Italian by Ettore Arcais.

Customers in the UK may buy direct from Ettore Arcais. To order copies and arrange payment please visit his website at www.tecnica-alexander.net

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Round Corner Publishing
Based in Germany

http://at-ffm.de/service/overview.htm

The following title is available:

Körperdynamik (Body Learning in German translation) by Michael Gelb
ISBN 3938422009

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Novis
Based in Denmark, but many titles published in English

www.novis.dk

The following titles are available:

How Are We Living Our Lives? by Grethe Laub
Interviews and talks 1982 to 1988
Viewpoints on the Alexander Technique in relation to living and child education.
compiled and edited by Chariclia Gounaris

Never Ask Why
the life-adventure of Kitty (Catharine Merrick) Wielopolska (1900-1988)
Her experience with the Alexander Work, schizophrenia and the psychic state.
As told to Joe Armstrong

Taking Time
six interviews with first generation teachers of the Alexander Technique on Alexander teacher training,
conducted by Crissman Taylor and Carmen Tarnowski,
edited by Chariclia Gounaris

Principles and the Art of Singingby Olga Averino

Bedre brug af sig selv (The Use of the Self in Danish translation) af FM Alexander


To Essays om Alexanderteknik af Joe Armstrong (Danish translation)

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davidreedmedia
Based in UK

www.davidreedmedia.co.uk

The following CD and DVD titles are available:

Cliff Lewis
Introduced by Jean Clark and reproduced by kind permission of the family of Cliff Lewis. Cliff Lewis talking about FM Alexander and his work to students at the Alexander Technique training course in Totnes, Devon (Directors, Jeanne Day and Aksel Haahr).
Double Audio CD

ATMV001 Ray Evans
A Workshop - The Primitive Reflexes and Human Behaviour
PAL DVD 220 minutes
Saturday 6th Februray 1999
Cecil Sharp House, London

ATMV010 Misha Magidov
A Workshop with Misha Magidov
PAL DVD 146 minutes
Saturday 22nd May 1999
Cecil Sharp House, London

ATMV045 Erika Whittaker
The Little School
PAL DVD 38 minutes
Saturday 3rd June 2000
Edinburgh

ATMV201 Marjory Barlow
A Masterclass with Marjory Barlow
PAL DVD 56 minutes
Tuesday 10th August 1999
Freiburg, Germany

ATMV202 Elisabeth Walker
A Masterclass with Elisabeth Walker
PAL DVD 50 minutes
Thursday 12th August 1999
Freiburg, Germany

ATMV203 Rivka Cohen
A Masterclass with Rivka Cohen
PAL DVD 27 minutes
Thursday 12th August 1999
Freiburg, Germany

ATMV204 Vivien Mackie
A Masterclass with Vivien Mackie
PAL DVD 105 minutes
Friday 13th August 1999
Freiburg, Germany

ATMV205 Claude Anshin Thomas
A Talk by Claude Anshin Thomas
PAL DVD 33 minutes
Wednesday 11th August 1999
Freiburg, Gernmany

ATMV301 Erika Whittaker, Elisabeth Walker, Marjory Barlow, Walter Carrington, Tony Spawforth, hosted by Adam Nott
First Generation Teachers Panel
PAL DVD 69 minutes
Saturday 11th July 1998
Manchester, England

ATMV302 Walter Carrington
A Workshop with Walter Carrington
PAL DVD 77 minutes
Sunday 12th July 1998
Manchester, England

ATMV303 Erika Whittaker
A Workshop with Erika Whittaker
PAL DVD 72 minutes
Sunday 12th July 1998
Manchester, England

ATMV409 6th International Congress
Highlights
PAL DVD 144 minutes
Summer 1999
Freiburg, Germany

ATMV401 Marjory Barlow
A workshop for student teachers
PAL DVD 111 minutes
1998
Regents College, London

ATMV406 Bristol Conference
Highlights
PAL DVD 67 minutes
Summer 2001
Bristol University

ATMV405 Michael McCallion
Memorial lecture
PAL DVD 69 minutes
Summer 2001

ATMV408 Walter Carrington
A workshop for student teachers
PAL DVD 151 minutes
1999
Lansdowne Road, London

ATMV404 Jeanne Day
A workshop for teachers
PAL DVD 90 minutes
Bristol Conference 2001
Bristol University

ATMV407 Michael McCallion
Voice workshop
PAL DVD 74 minutes
2000
Cecil Sharpe House

ATMV410 Mary Simpkins
"Supervision": the use of the eyes
PAL DVD 138 minutes
1999

ATMV503 Michael Frederick
A talk on emotion written by Walter Carrington and delivered by Michael Frederick
PAL DVD 11 minutes only
1999 International Congress
Freiburg, Germany

ATMV403 Tony Spawforth
A Workshop for Teachers
PAL DVD 98 minutes
Bristol Conference 2001
Bristol University

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Radio Programmes

ABC radio in Australia produced a programme on the Alexander Technique by Rosslyn McLeod (first broadcast March 6th 2005).
To listen to the programme visit:
www.abc.net.au/rn/science/ockham/
or for a written version visit www.abc.net.au/rn/science/ockham/stories/s1315259.html


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Publications to buy from STAT
Lugano Congress Papers, 2011
Lugano Congress Papers, 2008
Back Issues of the Alexander Journal
Books, DVDs and other publications available from the Office
Direction Journal: back in Business!

Independent publishers

Details of these publishers and their publications are given here in good faith. However STAT cannot be held responsible for any problems arising from transactions with these companies.

The Sheildrake Press
Mouritz (UK publisher)
Mornum Time Press
Round Corner (German publisher)
Novis (Danish publisher)
davidreedmedia DVDs and CDs

Radio Programmes
Australian Radio Programme on the Alexander Technique by Rosslyn McLeod, 6th March 2005

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