Before undertaking to write a "how to" book on the Alexander
Technique, I thought long and hard: The idea of learning the Tech￾nique from a book seemed revolutionary and possibly heretical.
Then I remembered that its originator, F M. Alexander, had on his
own discovered how to control the use of his body. Surely, the rest
of us, even lacking his genius, could learn how, if given a set of sure
guidelines