« We could enjoy the feeling and the happiness that comes from a moment of poise, of perfect freedom and well being. The readiness is all – that is what the Alexander Technique is all about. »

Walter Carrington, Thinking aloud

Here you can find my sketchnotes of the 25 talks on the Alexander Technique by Walter Carrington collected in the book Thinking aloud edited by Jerry Sonntag.

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  Introduction (Walter Carrington, Thinking aloud)
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  §1. Wishing, Willing, and Fairy Tales (Walter Carrington, Thinking aloud)
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  §2. At our Mother’s Knee (Walter Carrington, Thinking aloud)
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  §3. Generating the Energy to Go Up (Walter Carrington, Thinking aloud)
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  §4. Lengthening in Stature (Walter Carrington, Thinking aloud)
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  §5. Spinal Twists (Walter Carrington, Thinking aloud)
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  §6. Advice to Teachers (Walter Carrington, Thinking aloud)
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  §7. Allowing Time to Say No (Walter Carrington, Thinking aloud)
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  §9. Breathing (Walter Carrington, Thinking aloud)
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  §8. Directing the Neck and Head (Walter Carrington, Thinking aloud)
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  §10. Teaching Directions to Beginners (Walter Carrington, Thinking aloud)
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  §11. Teaching the First Lesson (Walter Carrington, Thinking aloud)
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  §12. Use: Primary Control (Walter Carrington, Thinking aloud)
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  §13. The Demand of the Constant (Walter Carrington, Thinking aloud)
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  §14. The Importance of a Teacher’s Use (Walter Carrington, Thinking aloud)
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  §15. Directing (Walter Carrington, Thinking aloud)
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  §16. Ethics (Walter Carrington, Thinking aloud)
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  §17. Lengthening and Widening (Walter Carrington, Thinking aloud)
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  §18. Riding (Walter Carrington, Thinking aloud)
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  §19. Taking Time (Walter Carrington, Thinking aloud)
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  §20. Non-doing (Walter Carrington, Thinking aloud)
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  §21. Hands on the Back of the Chair (Walter Carrington, Thinking aloud)
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  §22. Whispered Ahs (Walter Carrington, Thinking aloud)
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  §23. Walking (Walter Carrington, Thinking aloud)
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  §24. The Last Lesson (Walter Carrington, Thinking aloud)
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  §25. Knees Going Forward and Away (Walter Carrington, Thinking aloud)