Alexander technic

Alexander was the oldest of eight kids in Australia. He had a massive temper so he never really kept a job for too long. When he hit his early twenties he decided to start acting. He would stand in front of he mirror to notice his manner of doing. He discovered primary control. he decided he wanted to learn how the positions of the body affected the voice. In 1899 he went to Sydney to talk to surgeons about what he learned. As time went on people started to understand and someone explained it as a 'new direction for education'. His work was attacked by Dr. Ernt Jokl and he testified the science behind his work and won the case in 1948. He had a stroke and was paralyzed on the left side, it didn't stop him. People said that the last five years he did his best teaching then. He died in 1955.

The use and function that Alexander talks about is the use and function of the body. Use is the process of control overall actions that seemed to have potential to control. "successful efforts to overcome destructive habits is the fundamental decision to change". Function is "the most fundamental form of misuse is failure to make choices. we can choose we have a choice". 'The body is our instrument for fulfilling our purpose on earth'. The way we use and function is how we show our presence on earth.