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Books (print editions) — see downloadable e-books farther below

   The Body Moveable (5th ed. 2002) 
       - by David Gorman (2002)    hardcover print edition, 600 pages
   Looking at Ourselves - Articles, Lectures, Columns (1984-1996)
      - by David Gorman (1997)    paperback print edition, 123 pages

Recordings - Audio and Video
  more coming soon...

Audio:

   Standing on Top of the World
        Experiencing the Fundamental Freedom of Support & Balance 
        - by David Gorman (2004)   Audio recording in MP3 format - 1 CD, 26+ hours

   Sounds of a Provence Summer – Day & Night  Special Treat
       The quintessential sounds of the hot dry summers in Provence - the cigales (cicadas)
       by day and the crickets by night
       recorded by David Gorman (2004)   Normal audio CD - 1 CD, 76 minutes

Video:

   Patterns of Being  Discontinued. In due course this item will be published in DVD format
       A workshop on our elastically-sprung, naturally whole and free human system
       - by David Gorman (2000)   Video in PAL format - 4 VHS cassettes, 12 hours

Downloadable eBooks

Books in e-book format:
  These are FREE to download and preview:

   Looking at Ourselves - Articles, Lectures, Columns (1984-1996)
      - by David Gorman (1997)    e-book edition, 412 pages, 17 articles including new bonus article

   In Our Own Image - a series of 8 articles on our Human Design & Function
      - by David Gorman (1986-89)    e-book edition, 200 pages, colour illustrations

Articles in e-book format (in date order, newest first)
  These are FREE to download and read:

    Good for Whom? - Elizabeth Garren (2007)

    Beyond The Body - Babette Lightner (2007)

    Coming soon...  Confessions of a Do-er - Dr Nick Drengenberg (2006)

    Coordination of Being - Conducting - Babette Lightner (2004)

    Coming soon...  Can Our Experiences Show Us The Truth? - David Gorman (2003)

    Coming soon...  How Do We Know What's Right? - Wayne Swanson (2003)

    A Remarkable Encounter - Ben Kreilkamp (2002)

    The Coordination of Bliss - Babette Lightner (2002)

    Coming soon...  An Interview with David Gorman - David Gorman (2001)

    Losing Weight - Eillen Sellam (2001)

        Coming soon...  Perdre du poids - Eillen Sellam (2001)   

    A Basic Fact and a Fundamental Question - David Gorman (2000)

    Failure is Hard, but Learning is Easy - David Gorman (2000)

        Coming soon...  L'échec c'est dur, mais l'apprentissage c'est facile
                                    - David Gorman (2000) 

    On Auditioning - Ann Penistan (2000)

    On the Virtues - David Gorman (1999)

    Working with a Violinist - David Gorman (1998)

    On Belief Systems and Learning - David Gorman (1998)

        Coming soon...  Travailler avec une violoniste - David Gorman (1998) 

    Conquering the Fear of Heights - Eillen Sellam (1998)

        Coming soon...  Vaincre la peur du vide - Eillen Sellam (1998) 

    The Rounder We Go, The Stucker We Get - David Gorman (1996)

        Coming soon...  Plus nous tourons en rond, plus nous restons les mêmes 
                                    - David Gorman (1996) 

        Coming soon...  Ju mer vi går runt, desto sammare blir vi - David Gorman (1996) 

    The Primary Control - David Gorman (1989) 
        Now part of the e-books: Looking At Ourselves, and In Our Own Image

    On Fitness - David Gorman (1989)

        Coming soon...  Etre en forme - David Gorman (1989) 

    Thinking About Thinking About Ourselves - David Gorman (1984)

        Coming soon...  Réflexions sur nos réflexions sur nous-mêmes - David Gorman (1984) 

Descriptions and Links to place orders

The Body Moveable  (5th Edition)
A beautiful, detailed, illustrated study of the human musculo-skeletal system.

600-page large-format gold-stamped hardcover (5th ed. 2002)    ISBN 978-1-903518-15-1
Size: 9" x 12" (23cm x 30cm) — thousands of beautiful illustrations, clear hand-written text

Click here for a complete description of the book and its contents
(including sample illustrations).

"Mr. Gorman's patience and brilliance in picturing Human Anatomy has been achieved without question."
   ... Prof. Raymond A. Dart, Professor emeritus
       and former dean of the faculty of medicine
       at Witwatersrand University, Johannesburg,
       discoverer of early-man-ape Australopethicus

"At last, here is an ideal anatomic atlas-text
  for the study of human movement."
  ... Dr. John H. M. Austin,
      Associate Professor of Clinical Radiology

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 20% discount for quantity orders

Looking at Ourselves - Articles, Lectures, Columns: 1984-1996
  A5 paperback, 123 pages   ISBN 0-9531990-0-2     size: 5.75" x 8' (14.5 x 20.5 cm)

Contents (in date order):

    Thinking About Thinking About Ourselves
       The 1984 F.M. Alexander Memorial Lecture
       (given in London for STAT, the Society of Teachers
       of the Alexander Technique)

    In Our Own Image
       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)

    On Fitness
       A Conversation with David Gorman (1989)

    OverView
       A World-wide Community (1986)
       Emergence of a Profession (1986)
       Recent Developments (1987)
       Looking Outside Ourselves (1988)

    Experience and Experiments in the Alexander World
       A Masterclass at the 3rd International Congress (1991)

    The Rounder We Go, The Samer We Get
       The Nature of Circular Habits and How to Escape Them (1996)

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Standing on Top of the World:        (Audio)
Experiencing the Fundamental Freedom of Support & Balance
 - a series of practical demonstrations from workshops in 2003 and 2004
   Audio recording in MP3 format on 1 CD-ROM - 26+ hours   ISBN 1-903518-24-5

Click here for a complete description of the material
and the CD contents. 

Support and balance are the two sides of our most fundamental moment-to-moment relationship with the planet. If you are like most people, you are probably going about your daily life in an uncentered and ungrounded support without realizing it. You may not feel particularly out of support or off-balance, but you are probably feeling the inevitable results—the holding yourself up and sense of weight and working against 'gravity'—that lead to ongoing tensions and effort. This not only wastes enormous energy but all-too-often causes chronic and progressive damage.

It is your birthright to have the poise and grace that come with balanced and supported movement. Without this, your best efforts at freedom and ease will always be undermined, and your sense of calmness and presentness will be lost to you.

What is it?
This series of demonstrations has been developed over the last 15 years by David Gorman to teach people, in a very practical and experiential way, the principles of support and balance and how to live them in everything you do.

The series takes you through simple practical demonstrations you can do at home that will show you clearly through your own experiences the benefits of freedom and ease this knowledge gives you.

Collectively, the series will also refine your ability to be in touch with your own system's signals about your support and orientation—feedback that will become second nature in guiding you and telling you what you need to know in order to be supported, whole and easy, free to respond and present in your life.

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Patterns of Being:  (Video)  Discontinued - re-issued soon in DVD format
A workshop on our elastically-sprung, naturally whole and free human system
   Video - PAL (European) format on 4 VHS cassettes   (10.5 hours run time)  
   ISBN 1-903518-19-9                          (coming soon: NTSC and DVD versions)

This video is of a workshop in Stockholm in 2000 exploring this new model of our human system
by way of a lively blend of information, practical
activities and discussion - on four 180-minute tapes:
   1. The Elastic Suspension System
   2. Bending, Locomotion and more
   3. Symptoms, Causes and Rhythms
   4. Breathing, the Voice and more

What is it about?

We want to be whole, yet we still find ourselves in parts
 — “my aching back”, “releasing my neck tension”,
     “strengthening my abdominal muscles”
 — “me and my body” with me usually trying to change my body...

What we need is a new model of human function which is truly holistic:

 — a model that reveals our design as inherently integrated creatures securely
     grounded and fully organised for free, effortless movement;

 — a model where muscles don’t hold us up nor contract to move us, but act as
     sensitive detectors of instability and respond by suspending us in an elastic web
     of adjustable support that follows us around, springing us into activity;

 — a model which shows that when we interfere with this natural integration, we
     become divided into parts (creating separate mind and body) and tend to end up
     with chronic pain, tension, joint damage, strains and other organic problems.

 — a model which explains how breathing can be free, how the coordinations of singing,
     dance and instrumental music playing will all 'do themselves' if we can get out of
     the way.

 — and much, much more...

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And now for something completely different !!

Sounds of a Provence Summer – Day & Night        (Audio)
  The quintessential sounds of the hot Provençal summer
   Audio recording – 1 CD (71 minutes)  ISBN 1-903518-36-9

What is it?
This audio CD captures those beloved sounds of the Provençal summer – the zzz-zzz zzz-zzz of the cigales (cicadas) in the hot lazy afternoons and the peaceful chirping of crickets in the cool, star-filled evenings (plus bonus track of a summer thunderstorm and rain. Recorded live in the woods outside our home in the countryside near Avignon.

If you have spent time in Provence, this will bring it all back to you, if you haven't, you can put this CD on, turn the heat up and exercise your imagination...

This is a normal audio CD playable in any CD player.

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