Review
'The approach to learning and the techniques outlined in Body Learning transformed my life. Read and practice, and Michael Gelb's profound message will transform yours. '-Tony Buzan, author of The Mind Map Book

About the Author
Michael Gelb is a member of the Society of Teachers of the Alexander Technique. he is the director of the High Performance Learning Center in Washington, DC, and international leadership consultancy to business and professional groups worldwide. he is also the author of Lessons from the Art of Juggling and Thinking for a Change.

The Alexander technique is the most revolutionary and far-reaching method yet developed for maintaining the health and efficiencey of the body. Essentally a type of therapy that aims to treat, and prevent, a range of disorders through a syystem of postural changes, the Technique stresses ethe importance of reeducating the msucular system as a means to achieve physical and mental well-being. By changing, or unlearning, common bad postural habits and ways of using the body, people can alleviate tension, fatigue, bad backs, stiff necks, asthma, headaches, depression, and many other ailments. This book offers the first fully illustrated contemporary introduction to a method whose importance is increasingly recognized by the medical profession and the general public alike. The author examines the basic principles governing the Techniqe and shows how it can be aplied to every kind of learning experience, from children's education and the acquiring of basic skills to the most advanced needs of professionals, athletes, and entertainers.

'This book is to be welcomed...Mr. Gelb seems to me uniquely qualified to speak with authority.'-Professor Nikolaas Tinbergen, 1973 Nobel Prize for Medicine and Physiology

'The approach to learning and the techniques outilined in Body Learning transformed my life. Read and practice, and Michael Gelb's profound message will transform yours.'-Tony Buzan, author of Use Both Sides of Your Brain

'Several previous books on the sophisticated Alexander Technique have attempted to convey the complex mental and physical dynamics required of its devotees, but none has been as lucid as this one.'-Publishers Weekly

Michael Gelb is a member of the Society of Teachers of the Alexander Technique and maintains a successful private practice in Washington, D.C. He is also Founder/director of High Performance Learning, an international management consultancy organization which sponsors seminars on the Technique for businesses, school systems, and professional groups throughout the world.

Contents

Preface
Acknowledgments
Introduction
Part I Alexander: The man and his discovery...
Part II The operational ideas
Use and functioning
The whole person
Primary conrol
Unreliable sensory appreciation
Inhibition
Direction
Ends and means
Part III Learning how to learn
Utilizing potential
Education for use
What can I do myself?
Notes
Books and articles on the Alexander Technique
Source of illustrations