Notes: 1 This post was written a year ago when I was still studying. I've now graduated and I'm taking students. 2 The Developing Self USA is alive and well. I'm looking forward to joining the discussion next week. It’s often said that life changes after your first Alexander Technique lesson. Invariably you learn something that makes you think and prompts a change in how you move. My first lesson definitely changed my life, since I’m now training to become a teacher. I

As I enjoyed my Christmas break in snowy, COLD western Iowa, I read a diary of Fiona Robb called Not to “Do” . She trained as an Alexander Technique teacher with the Carringtons who carried on F. M. Alexander’s teaching studio, but also took lessons from Alexander’s long-time assistant Margaret Goldie. Known as Miss Goldie, she never started a teacher training program, but taught many notable teachers over the years. According to this book (written about lessons when Miss Gol

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