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The Benefits of Qi Gong: Michael Gelb on PYP 534

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The Alexander Technique: A System of Body-Mind Transformation

From 1974 to 1978, I trained as a teacher of the Alexander technique. This is a system developed in the West by a Shakespearean actor who was having trouble with his voice and he developed one of the first Western systems of body-mind transformation. He became famous on the stage for the power of the stage presence. The Alexander technique is now taught in the world's great schools of drama and music. They teach at the Juilliard School, the Royal Academy of Music. Many of the most famous performers in the world study the Alexander Technique.

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