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  • Student-Teacher Policy Agreement
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    Please read and sign this policy agreement before your first lesson. Feel free to message me with any questions or concerns.

  • Student Liability Waiver and Release
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    Please read and sign this waiver and release before your first lesson. Feel free to message me with any questions or concerns.

  • Student Information / Emergency Contact Information
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    Please fill out as much information as you are comfortable before your first lesson. Feel free to message me with any questions or concerns.

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    Please fill out and sign this form if you are comfortable having your photo used to promote AT. Feel free to message me with any questions or concerns.

  • Alexander Technique International (ATI)
  • International Alexander Teacher's Association

    BOOKS
  • The Alexander Technique Awareness Reminder Book
  • A cute, fun illustrated reminder book for living with the Alexander Technique. (Includes awareness, support, being present, extending proprioception, directional thinking, and more in daily activities)

  • The Life of Frederick Mathias Alexander - Michael Bloch
  • A biography of F.M. Alexander

  • The Body Moveable - David Gorman
  • A detailed textbook on the workings of the body including "its structure, mechanics, locomotor, and postural functions."

  • Nurtured by Love: The Classic Approach to Talent Education - Shinichi Suzuki
  • An introduction to educating the whole self in relation to instrumental musicians.

  • The Open-Focus Brain - Jim Robbins and Les Fehmi
  • An introduction to a wider attention and awareness for pupil's needing more support or a different approach to this aspect within the technique.

    AVAILABLE AS AUDIOBOOKS
  • Atomic Habit
  • An introduction to the importance of habits and changes and how they affect us in the long and short-term.

  • The Power of Habit - Charles Duhigg
  • An introduction to how and why we have habits and how to create new habits.

  • The Willpower Instinct - Kelly McGonigal
  • A guide to understand how we can create and maintain helpful lifestyle alterations, and work with our desired and undesired habits.

  • The Innergame of Tennis
  • An introduction to what Alexander referred to as "means-whereby" in connection to sports.

  • Behave: The Biology of Humans at Our Best and Worst
  • One of my favorite books :) Both an introduction and in-depth cross-disciplinary perspective of human behavior.

    Articles/Publications
  • Marjorie Barstow, John Dewey and the Alexander Technique: A philosophical constellation, or "Variations of the Teacher's Art" - Amanda Jane Cole
  • A study of Barstow's style of Alexander Technique teaching in connection to educational philosophy and pragmatism.