In Our Own Image
by David Gorman (1986-89) Free to preview, US$
4.95 to purchase
200 pages total – free preview of 3
chapters (50 pages)
A series of eight articles in which David explores a new model of human functioning he discovered in
1982 — a model that reveals our design as inherently integrated, securely grounded and fully organized
for effortless movement; a model where muscles act as sensitive detectors of instability and respond
by suspending us in an elastic web of adjustable support which follows us, springing us into activity.
Part 1 - The General Particulars (1986)
Part 2 - The Nature of the Torso (1986)
Part 3 - From the Ground Up (1986)
Part 4 - Talented Tissues (1987)
Part 5 - The Suspension System (1987)
Part 6 - More Suspense (1987)
Part 7 - It’s All Over Now (1988)
Part 8 - The Primary Control (1989)
Looking At
Ourselves
by David Gorman (1997-2007) Free to preview,
US$ 9.95 to purchase
410 pages total – free preview of 4 articles (100 pages)
An eBook version of the full content of the print paperback on its 20th anniversary,
it contains the 8-part series, In Our Own Image (see details above) plus 6 other
chapters including a new never-before published article:
Chapter 1 - Thinking About Thinking About
Ourselves (1984)
Chapter 2 - In Our Own Image (1986-89) — a series of 8 articles
Chapter 3 - On Fitness (1988)
Chapter 4 - Overview, a series of columns (1986-88)
Chapter 5 - Experience and Experiments (1991)
Chapter 6 - The Rounder We Go, The Stucker We Get (1996)
Plus a new Bonus
Chapter:
Chapter 7 - Teaching Reliable Sensory Appreciation (1988)
Good For Whom? (2007)
by Elizabeth Garren
Elizabeth describes her process of discovery that self-judgment and what
others think is not always what it seems, and how she got in touch with the value of her own
evaluations.
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Beyond The Body (2007)
by Babette Lightner
What's beyond the body? It's not the emotions or the spirit. It's you! The whole you. Babette describes the insights
and experiences that opened her up to a new understanding and a new work.
Coordination of Being - Conducting (2004)
by Babette Lightner
A narrative of a seminar Babette gave for a group of 70 choral conductors where she explains the Patterns of Being model of the whole-person
"coordination of being" and shows how the LearningMethods tools let us get underneath the symptoms and "poor body use" to a deeper level where we can
really change problems permanently.
A Remarkable Encounter (2003)
by Ben Kreilkamp
An account of the insights through a LearningMethods session that liberated Ben
from depression and started him on an adventure of discovery and change for
himself and others around him.
The Coordination of Bliss
by Babette Lightner (2002)
Have you ever had a sudden experience of ecstasy or oneness? Felt yourself wondering what
it was an experience of? Or been drawn to try to recapture it but found that difficult?
Here is an essay by Babette Lightner on how she came to reassess what happened to her and make sense
out of her experiences of "bliss".
Almost Dying in a Foreign
Language (2002)
by David Gorman
An article about someone who is dealing with an issue of intense shame--a rabbi who doesn't
know Hebrew the way he thinks he should and the resulting shame keeps him from being able to
learn it. This exploration of his vicious circle of emotional identification solved the
issue in one session.
Losing Weight (2001)
by Eillen Sellam
Eillen shares, step-by-step, the adventure she went through to lose some weight and how she ended up
eating less, while also enjoying the quality and quantity of food more than before... but without the
problems!
A Basic Fact and a Fundamental Question
(2000)
by David Gorman
In a growing number of articles, David and other teachers describe the
LearningMethods process as it is actually used to help specific people with specific issues they want
to solve—fear of heights, depression, tension, relationship conflicts, anxiety and nervousness,
chronic pain, learning blocks—you name it—and there are more examples coming. Those articles give
an idea of how the work is used to help people. This article will serve as a bit more of a
background explanation of why we go about it that way.
Failure is Hard, but Learning is
Easy (200)
by David Gorman
What a joy for an artist, who loves to draw but was beginning to feel
discouraged, afraid of failures and like she was a slow learner, to suddenly
discover that there is a way to change all that in a few hours and rediscover
how simple and easy learning is. She experienced how fast learning can take
place and how much fun it is when we're not stopped by our misconceptions. Read
the article and see how she did it.
On Auditioning (2000)
by Ann Penistan
Is nervousness and tension before an audition necessary? Is it possible to liberate
yourself from these symptoms AND do a better job in the audition and performance too? Ann
Penistan who has worked with actors all over the world describes how she helps people understand why
they are stuck in these reactions and how they can change it all.
On The Virtues - or having the experience, but missing the
meaning (1999)
by David Gorman
We think of patience, honesty, courage, etc. as virtues—characteristics that are good to
have. But how often do we find ourselves being the opposite—impatient, dishonest or lacking courage?
If these virtues are so good, how come they seem so hard to live? Can one practice a virtue like
patience by just trying to 'be' patient? Even if we manage one time, why do we find ourselves right
back in the same difficulty again? Or is there more going on here than meets the eye? David shows
another way of looking at these experiences that not only makes sense of them, but removes the
'problem' and the 'wrong' from them
Conquering the Fear of Heights (1998)
by Eillen Sellam
Ever felt stuck with a phobia like the fear of heights? Eillen describes the simple process that
liberated her from this and other fears. The same principles have helped others with fears of
dogs, flying, elevators, etc.
Working with a Violinist (1998)
by David Gorman
Why do so many musicians have so much tension and nervousness that they cannot get rid of? This
account of a lesson with a violinist shows how this can be changed when we see what is causing it.
On Belief Systems and Learning (1998)
by David Gorman
David Gorman writes about the journey of discovery that lead him from the
Alexander Technique to the LearningMethods work.
The Rounder We Go, The Stucker We Get (1996)
by David Gorman
Ever wondered why everything you do to escape a vicious circle only seems to dig you in deeper?
And though you may have become better at dealing with your symptoms, why you still have them? Read
this illustrated essay on the nature of circular habits and how to escape them.
On Fitness (1989)
by David Gorman
In this interview David sheds some light on constructive and unconstructive aspects of
fitness programs and exercise.
Thinking About Thinking About Ourselves (1984)
by David Gorman
How our thinking and belief systems affect our functioning and vice versa. The 1984 F. M. Alexander Memorial Lecture given in London for STAT (the Society of Teachers of the Alexander Technique).
This was the start of a direction of questioning that led Gorman many years later to the LearningMethods work.
