Why Actors Love Alexander (& Musicians too)

After the end of my engagement with Diane, I worked two jobs in Sydney to save the money and return to school, eventually getting back there in the winter of '79.

Back at school, I used to hide in the kitchen. 

After years of turns with various teachers, I just didn't like the way some of them tried to shape me according to their idea of my Postural form. My favourite teacher - "Electric Lil" - never did that. After a lesson with her, I went away feeling more like my Self. The teachers I train today are encouraged to avoid that trap - instead of imposing upon you an idea of "right Posture", they draw out Nature's intentional organisation of your Postural movement, something so much more intricate and sophisticated.

So I would spend my time in the kitchen - not bothering with my "turn" unless Lil was about - because I hungered to be my natural Self, not a better version of me. 

It's why actors love Alexander.

The "sensation" of Alexander's Discovery opens up within you a vast universe of possibility. Actors bask in the revelations this experience brings them. An actor's professional task is to inhabit a different inner being. A rock star feels different inside from a monk, but how do you inhabit that difference?

It is an age-old artistic question. 

All kinds of artists strive to communicate through their body, speech and mind the sensibilities of different beliefs, moods and attitudes. Whether it is music, dance or performance of any kind, the weakest practitioner are like the worst Postural methods – they seek to impose an idea on their Self, to force it to adapt to an intellectual construct. 

The whole "Be Your Self" movement answers the frustration and futility of this way.

Alexander's discovery – in the hands of the right teacher – opens a door into a new world of being you, the you activated by Natural design. Rather than trying to become who you want to be - you are uncovering who you always were.