Marcus James

Psychotherapy & Alexander Technique in Addlestone

Alexander Technique Articles

These articles on various subjects related to the Technique were mostly written around 2018, but they have all been thoroughly edited and updated in 2024.

Alexander and the Pursuit of Beauty

How can we apply Alexander principles to craft and design?

Relational Depth in Alexander Teaching

What relationship do we need with students to stay true to the work while allowing emotional or wounded parts of the person into the room?

Technique, Values and
Kinemotional Experience

What subjective values and ways of experiencing ourselves are encoded in
the way we approach the work?

Spreading our Wings and Keeping
our Heart

Can we bring understandings from other modalities into our work without losing the essence of what we do?

Polyvagal Theory and the
Alexander Technique

An article from seven years ago about how the polyvagal model can be relevant and useful to us as Alexander Teachers.

Teaching Back to Back

Sometimes I find myself sitting back to back with my students. Here are some ways of working like this, and thoughts on how it can be useful.

Trauma, Emotion and the Alexander Technique

Thoughts on working with trauma in an Alexander Technique context

Exploring the Alexander Technique with Walter Carrington — Review

A review of Sean Carey’s latest book about Walter Carrington’s work that I wrote for Poise Journal. Read PDF

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