The Undivided Self : Alexander Technique and the Control of Stress

Outlining the basic principles of the Alexander Technique--the objective of which is to gain conscious control over one's actions--The Undivided Self challenges the concept that mind and body are interacting systems. Once we become aware of damaging patterns, we can learn to break these habits and establish a new, beneficial approach to health that will help control and prevent anxiety, pain, and distress.

CONTENIDO:

Foreword by Walter Carrington
Introduction
1. A Unified Model of Mind and Body
2. Origins of a new field
3. The body and its inherent design
4. Ideo-Motor Action
5. Reaction and the problem of Stress
6. Conscious prevention and control
Appendix. A brief historical survey of mind/body techniques