Body Learning

Frederik Matthias Alexander was born at Wynyard on the northwest coast of Tasmania, Australia. He was the oldest of eight children. He suffered from respiratory difficulties. Later he moved to Melbourne, where he trained in drama and music. he was taught by the best teachers, visited theaters, concerts, and art galleries and decided to form is own dramatic company. He became frequently ill which resulted in him having a violent temper. Because of this, it was difficult for him to find a job when money ran out from the theater company. He dedicated his life as an actor and reciter performing concert and private engagements. His health issues had a harsh effect on his voice. He created an technique that aids the functioning of the human body which and help examine and solve s particular problem. He was known to be very hard to work with because he was not a social person. He was an individual who was never content to follow the crowd.

The most valuable Knowledge we can possess is of the use and functioning of the self. Alexander recounts his attempts to take full command of the use of something by the power to choose. He realized that choice directly affects function, and influences other choices. He describes the word use as "the process of control over something."

"...the so-called 'mental' and 'physical' are not separate entities...all training...must be based on the indivisible unity of the human organism."

The Whole person is described as a whole and is more than the sum of its parts. Alexander argues that all training of whatever kind must be based on the understanding that the human organism always functions as a whole and can only be chained fundamentally as a whole. with the alexander technique one must not focus just on one particular part of the body they must consider the body from all aspects.