Macdonald
And The Israelis
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Features
Editorials, The Garlick Report, In All Directions (20 pages),
Carrington on FM, Book Reviews, Mis Direction, CounterPoint (letters),
Viewpoint, Friends of Alexander.
Articles
In This Issue
Mr Macdonald
(1910-1991) - Shoshanna Kaminitz
Mr Scott (1918-1978) - William Morton
Issue Editorial - Joan Diamond
A Tale of Two Trainings - Mark Webster
Scott's Teaching Aphorisms - Clive Borst
The Israeli Director - Joan Diamond
On Feet Wide Apart - Shoshanna Kaminitz
Effects of Childhood Trauma -Rachel Mausner and Jano Cohen
Experiments on Sway in the Standing Human Subject - Dr David Garlick
CounterPoint - Letters to the Editor
Viewpoint - Robert Rickover
Friends of Alexander: Billy Hughes - Margaret Long
Obituary: Don Burton (1943-1996) - Jamie McDowell
Obituary: Joyce Roberts (1905-1996) - Marguerite van der Merwe
The Israeli Congress - Wade Alexander
Bookbites - David Gibbens
NASTATNews Roundup
Oh Paris! - Leonie Khoury
ATI Roundup
Fake Silver - Walter Carrington, edited by Noël Kingsley
Meditation - Obituary of Annette Hall (1956-1996) - Judy Backhouse
Book Reviews - edited by David Gibbens
STATNews Roundup
The National Health - Dr Miriam Wohl
Obituary: Margaret Goldie (1905-1997) - Walter Carrington
Obituary: Sir George Trevelyan (1906-1996)
ATI Roundup
Mis Direction's Inhibition Test
Freemail: The e-volution of the Technique - Kay S. Hooper
Abstracts
of Articles In This Issue
Issue
Editors Joan Diamond & Clive Borst
"Mr Macdonald
(1910-1991)"
Shoshanna Kaminitz assisted Macdonald on his training course until he
retired.
Here she recounts those years, and the early life story of this Master teacher
of the Technique.
"Mr Scott (1918-1978)"
William Morton recalls this influential teacher, who started as Macdonald's
assistant until
he forged his own training school and left his indelible mark on a generation
of teachers.
"Issue Editorial"
"Whenever two Jews meet" writes Joan Diamond "there are likely
to be three opinions".
Joan interviewed the Israeli teachers and remarks on the magic odyssey of
her experience.
"A Tale of Two
Trainings"
Mark Webster began training with Macdonald and ended with Scott - he found
both teachers
highly skilled but utterly different. This article is an insight into the
diversity of Alexander work.
"Scott's Teaching
Aphorisms"
Clive Borst luckily kept notes during his lessons with Mr Scott. Nothing
short of a lesson
better conveys the outlook of a teacher than the utterances that spontaneously
arise during lessons.
"The Israeli
Director"
Joan Diamond offer five extensive word-portraits of the Israeli training
directors:
Shmuel Nelken, Rika Cohen, Misha Magidov, Shaike Hermelin and Yehuda Kuperman.
"On Feet Wide
Apart"
Shoshanna Kaminitz confronts the most contentious issue with the Macdonald
way of working:
sitting and standing with the legs placed widely apart. Why is this part
of this style of teaching?
"Effects of Childhood
Trauma"
Rachel Mausner and Jano Cohen visit a popular theme in psychotherapy: the
re-emergence of
forgotten traumatic experiences. How can Alexander lessons trigger this
- and what to do if they do?
"Experiments
on Sway in the Standing Human Subject"
Dr David Garlick reports on the fascinating Fitzpatrick-McCloskey experiments
which highlight
the importance of leg muscle proprioception (sense) and are significant
in relation the Macdonald style.
"CounterPoint"
Marjory Barlow's writes about her recollection of the Ashley Place bombing
during WWII;
more astonishingly ridiculous 'voice' methods; and a critique of the Voice
issue from N. Brockbank.
"Viewpoint"
Robert Rickover asks how amenable are animals to lesson in the Technique?
Is AT work
the exclusive providence of humanity or can animals benefit from Alexandrian
'hands-on' technique?
"Friends of Alexander:
Billy Hughes"
Margaret Long writes about another Australian Prime Minister who was a student
and
friend of Alexander - although it was later in life that Hughes discovered
the benefits of lessons.
"Obituary: Don
Burton (1943-1996)"
Jamie McDowell writes about the unexpected loss of this innovative Alexander
teacher
who forged a personal teaching lineage that led to the formation of ATN
- Alexander Teachers Network.
"Obituary: Joyce
Roberts (1905-1996)"
Marguerite van der Merwe recalls the life and times of this beloved Alexander
teacher.
Trained by Irene Tasker, she almost singlehandedly established the work
in South Africa.
"The Israeli
Congress"
Wade Alexander reports on the 5th Alexander Congress including extensive
coverage of Professor
Yisrael Chary's lecture that concludes that "Incorrect conceptions
lie at the heart of damaging behaviour".
"Bookbites"
David Gibbens offers bite-size reviews of seven new Alexander books by authors
Richard Brennan,
Walter Carrington, Steven Shaw, Pedro de Alcantara, Paul Linden, Victor
Sazer & Gitte Fjorbo.
"NASTATNews Roundup"
Reviewed in this edition: Alex Murray's lecture on FM; lots of talk of 'primary
control'; research
and marketing techniques; the legislative environment; Don Crim's latest
polemic; and more besides.
"Oh Paris!"
Leonie Khoury reports on Marie Françoise Le Foll who, after 12 years,
has finally closed
her controversial Alexander school in Paris but not before two new schools
are started by her teachers.
"ATI Roundup"
ATI is the 'alternative' Alexander Society. It consists of teachers on three
continents and
operates under an entirely different premise to that of the 'Societies".
Read this to find out how.
"Fake Silver"
Walter Carrington, in this account edited by Noël Kingsley, recalls
the time when
a dealer in antiques tried to cheat Alexander - but FM never loses a battle.
Find out how!
"Meditation -
Obituary of Annette Hall (1956-1996)"
Judy Backhouse writes about the remarkable life of DIRECTION's talented
Art Director -
from the promise of a career at the top echelon giving way to a decade of
cancer and blindness.
"Book Reviews
edited by David Gibbens"
"Begin From the Beginning" interview with Joan & Alex Murray;
"Curiosity Recaptured" edited by
Jerry Sontag; "Hidden Assets" by Roger Tengwall; "The AT
Workbook" by Richard Brennan.
"STATNews Roundup"
Controversy around Mr Macdonald's legacy; new views of 'primary control';
swimming techniques;
serial lessons; the work of Rudolf Magus & George Coghill; STAT's Moderators
panel; and more.
"The National
Health"
Dr Miriam Wohl reports on the state of Alexander work's acceptance in the
UK's National
Health Service, particularly those instances where A T qualifies for financial
compensation.
"Obituary: Margaret
Goldie (1905-1997)"
Walter Carrington writes about this individualistic grand old teacher of
the Technique who refused
to be part of 'conventional wisdom' and sought to generate her own unique
brand of AT teaching.
"Obituary: Sir
George Trevelyan (1906-1996)"
Sir George was a New Age crusader, and one of the very first to train with
Alexander in 1930,
later gaining fame as a gifted speaker blending poetry and mysticism in
his "Exploration into God".
"ATI Roundup"
Reviewed in this issue: A.A. Milne and Edward Bear going "bump, bump,
bump"; three
teaching lineages characterised by Jørgen Haahr; David Gorman's "Human
Design & Function".
"Mis Direction's
Inhibition Test"
At last - a sure fire way to rate your inhibitory powers. Innovative teacher
Mis Direction
poses you 12 simple questions such as: "Can you identify the ten most
common floor coverings?"
"Freemail: The
e-volution of the Technique"
Kay S. Hooper starts a new column reviewing the first (and only) Internet
Alexander Subscriber
newsletter - she introduces her topic and starts with some background information
for the uninitiated.
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