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All titles are in English unless otherwise stated (
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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 - Exploring
and Evolving in the Alexander Technique
- by David Gorman (2012) paperback, 2nd print edition (expanded), 176 pages
 Recordings - Audio and Video
(more coming soon ...)
Audio Recordings: 
Liberating Performers
Escaping the Trap of Nervousness, Self-judgment and Fear
- by David Gorman (2008-2009) Audio recording in MP3 format - 1 CD,
19+ hours
Standing on Top of the World
Experiencing the Fundamental Freedom of Support & Balance
- by David Gorman (2009) Audio recording in MP3 format - 1 CD, 29+
hours
Sounds of Provence – 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, 71 minutes
Video Recordings: 
On Balance and Support
A demonstration series on the principles of balance and support, and how
to teach them
- by David Gorman (2005) DVD Video in NTSC or PAL format - 1 hour
Anatomy of Wholeness
the original VHS from 2000 has been 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 (2009) Video in PAL or NTSC format - 5 DVDs, approx.
15 hours
Downloadable eBooks
e-Books (full-length books to buy - in PDF format):
Looking at Ourselves
- Exploring and Evolving in the Alexander Technique
- by David Gorman (2012) e-book edition, 176 pages, 18 articles including
2 new bonus articles
Articles in e-book format (these are completely FREE to download and read the whole book):
listed in date order, newest first
Good for Whom?
- Elizabeth Garren (2007)
Beyond The Body
- Babette Lightner (2007)
Coordination
of Being - Conducting - Babette Lightner (2004)
A Remarkable
Encounter - Ben Kreilkamp (2002)
The Coordination of
Bliss - Babette Lightner (2002)
Losing Weight
- Eillen Sellam (2001)
A Basic Fact and
a Fundamental Question - David Gorman (2000)
Failure is Hard, but
Learning is Easy - 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)
Conquering the Fear
of Heights - Eillen Sellam (1998)
The Rounder We Go,
The Stucker We Get - 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)
Thinking About
Thinking About Ourselves - David Gorman (1984)
Coming soon...
Confessions of a Do-er - Dr Nick Drengenberg
(2006)
Can Our Experiences Show Us The Truth?
- David Gorman (2003)
How Do We Know What's Right? - Wayne Swanson
(2003)
An Interview with David Gorman - David Gorman
(2001)
Perdre du poids - Eillen
Sellam (2001)
L'échec c'est dur, mais l'apprentissage c'est facile -
David Gorman (2000)
Travailler avec une violoniste - David Gorman
(1998)
Vaincre la peur du vide
- Eillen Sellam (1998)
Plus nous tourons en rond, plus nous restons les mêmes
- David Gorman (1996)
Ju mer vi går runt, desto sammare blir vi - David
Gorman (1996)
Être en forme - David Gorman (1989)
Réflexions sur nos réflexions sur nous-mêmes
- David Gorman (1984)
Descriptions and Links to place orders
The Body Moveable (5th Edition)
A Marvelous Study of the Human Musculoskeletal System —
its Structure, Function and Dynamics
600-page gold-stamped hardcover (5th ed. 2002) -
Large-format: 9" x 12" (23cm x 30cm)
ISBN 978-1-903518-15-1 — 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
Exploring and Evolving in the Alexander Technique: 1984-1996
Paperback, 176 pages – Size: 6.69" x 9.61'
(17 x 24.4 cm) ISBN 978-1-897452-75-2
This 2nd edition contains 2 new articles
!! (see below)
20% discount for Alexander Technique teachers/trainers
more information and ordering here...
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)
NEW! Teaching Reliable Sensory Appreciation
Coming to Accurate
Interpretations of our Experience (1988)
The Rounder We Go, The Stucker We Get
The Nature of Circular Habits and Hints on Escaping Them
(1996)
NEW! A Resonance Model of Interaction
Getting more
by doing less - the magic of hands-on work (1993)
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Looking At Ourselves is also available
as a downloadable e-book here
Liberating Performers: (Audio)
Escaping the Trap of Nervousness, Self-judgment and Fear
A practical in-depth workshop at the Voice Dep't. of a
university – March 2008
Audio recording in MP3 format on 1 CD-ROM - approx. 15.5 hours ISBN 978-1-897452-65-3
Click here for a complete description
of the material and the CD contents.
 There
are 15.5 hours of material on the CD including the first day of a recent workshop at a music school
in addition to the full workshop described below — this first day comprises a very clear exposition
of the Liberating Performers approach to the issue of performance anxiety.
The participants of the full workshop recording — all singers and singing teachers
— bring pretty much the whole range of performance anxiety problems into the workshop, and each of them
has a chance to explore their situation in specific detail, revealing where and why they get trapped
in their judgment and anxiety reactions.
Along with the in-depth explorations of each person's situation, David also describes
the nature of the four elements of our inbuilt "Value Assessment" system that we need to be clear about
to avoid making crucial mistaken perceptions of the performance situation. This will give you a whole
new understanding of what you are caught in and how you can meet performance moments differently.
Whatever the specific details of your own performance anxiety, you will find insights
from one or more of these examples that will shed light on your situation. And, you'll be shown the
specific steps each person learns to apply in practice to go into performance in a new way. Then you'll
hear all the feedback about how people found it so different for them.
Of course, these insights are equally applicable to any sort of performance: singing,
music, dance, acting, circus arts, public speaking, business presentations or meetings, even social
anxiety situations, so the material on this workshop will also help you learn about and change any of
those habits too.
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Performers" CD now
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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 - 29+ hours ISBN 978-1-897452-63-9
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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on Top of the World" CD now
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On Balance and Support: (DVD
video)
A demonstration of the principles of balance and support, and
how to teach them
A series of experiential demonstrations on the principles
of balance & support - May 2005
DVD video (region-free, PAL or NTSC format)
(1 hour running time)
NTSC format: ISBN 978-1-897452-72-1 ISRC CA-G42-10-00059
PAL format: ISBN 978-1-903518-46-5 ISRC CA-G42-07-00005
 This
video is of a 1-hour lecture demonstration given at an Alexander
Technique Teacher training course in London, UK. The series of demonstrations in this session form the
basis for understanding the principles of balance and support. David also highlights at each stage the
importance of the sensory experiences that we need to get in touch with to be able to use ourselves
well.
This video forms a great teaching resource with its pointers for teachers about how
to be aware of their pupil's balance and support, how to build the experiences of balance and support
into each lesson. Play it for pupils (or allow them to borrow it), or, better still, incorporate what
David shows into your own teaching to your pupils.
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And now for something completely different !!
Sounds of Provence – Day & Night (Audio)
The quintessential sounds of the hot Provençal summer
Audio recording – 1 CD (71 min.) ISBN 978-1-903518-36-6
ISRC CA-G42-05-00000 (LM Item #: A0002-CIG-EN)
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 a bonus track of a summer thunderstorm and rain). Recorded live in the woods
outside our home in the countryside near Avignon and Nîmes.
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, pour yourself a glass of rosé, and indulge your imagination...
This is a normal audio CD playable in any CD player.
Order "Sounds of
a Provence Summer" CD now
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