BODY MAPPING AND

THE ALEXANDER TECHNIQUEA practical approach to the

science of human functioning

Body Mapping

The work of Barbara Conable and William Conable and their work which dates back to the 1970’s

Implication of Body Mapping in the writings of Alexander, and the teaching of Marjorie Barstow and Frank Pierce Jones.

The formation of Andover Educators® in 1997 for the teaching of the course What Every Musician Needs to Know About the Body®

F.M. Alexander

From MSI, pg 124 The conception of the movement required The inhibition of erroneous preconceived

ideas… The new and conscious mental orders which

will set in motion the muscular mechanism… The movements of the muscles which carry

out the mental orders

Sandra Blakeslee and Matthew Blakeslee

The Body Has A Mind Of Its Own: How Body Maps in Your Brain Help you do (almost)Everything Better

Body Mapping Research

The Impact of Body Mapping onStudent Musicians’ Perceptions of their Performance and Development Heather Buchanan, PhD

Dissertation, University of New England, Australia, December 2010

Body Mapping Study

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Participants

Body Mapping Study

Twice weekly Body Mapping Lectures Self Reflective Journals Agenda Helpers

Results Promoted a life long love affair with process Higher order – critical thinking skills Information as feedback – sets up experiences

that facilitate an openness to change

Agenda Helper

Body Mapping

Movement Structure, Function and Size

Senses Attention

THE SPINEStructureFunction

Size

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Summary

Body Mapping as a tool for multiple disciplines and methodologies

Understand the difference between Body Mapping and the Alexander Technique and how to make those distinctions clear to your students

Using body maps to make the teaching of the core principles of the Alexander Technique more clear for students who need that clarity

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