The Chapter ‘Evolution of a technique’ in Use of the self describes FM’s voice problems and the discovery of primary control, but in the first fourteen years of Alexander’s working life he was teaching breathing and natural elocution. How do we square these two facts?

I am currently working on a second book on how the AT evolved. I’m seeking to find a better fit for the facts as we now know them. In this workshop we’ll explore some of my discoveries and understanding of how the technique began.

The methods he described in his early articles are precise and they work! Learn to breathe as Alexander may have originally taught it, in which the goal is not to find ‘primary control’ but ‘primary movement’. Then we will explore his natural elocution method to solve the problem of clergyman’s throat (his own probable diagnosis) to speak across a large hall without strain!