Ease and Skill: a User’s Guide to the Self

My Book on the Alexander Technique, arriving Autumn 2024

Discover ease and skilfulness through principles from embodied psychology and the Alexander Technique

This book explores how we can encourage our mind, body and emotions to work harmoniously together to enable freedom and ease in ourselves and the things that we do — whether in our simple everyday activities or in more complex pastimes such as music, sports and the arts. 

Drawing on principles from the Alexander Technique and embodied psychology, the author describes how our bodies and nervous systems respond to social and environmental pressures and to our own actions, beliefs and habits. He explains how social expectations and the demands of modern living can produce tangles of discomfort, dysfunction and stress, and how, with curiosity, patience and understanding, these tangles can be gently loosened and undone. He suggests that real transformation comes not through following methods or procedures but from understanding ourselves and our situation as deeply and widely as possible, and invites the reader into a profound experiential process of reflection, learning and change. 

Whether you’re new to F.M. Alexander’s ideas or a seasoned practitioner, this book offers a fresh, clear and comprehensive approach which integrates contemporary understandings of mind and body while remaining true to the essence of his work. 

Ease and Skill is due to be published in Autumn 2024. Join my mailing list, below, to be notified when it is available to buy.