RECOMMENDED READING

BOOKS

VIDEO & AUDIO

DVD: Move Well, Avoid Injury

The Move Well, Avoid Injury video contains 50 information-rich sections (2+ hours) of what everyone needs to know about the body. With this information, you will learn how to avoid common yet unnecessary injuries and also how to move with freedom and ease.             

Constructive Rest: The Audio Guide Series

ARTICLES

TRAINING

• Upper String Playing Injuries and Ergonomic Breakthroughs

• Pianist’s Injuries: Movement Retraining is the Key to Recovery

• What Every Musician Needs to Know

• What Every Musician Needs to Know About the Body

• Violin and Viola Shoulder Rests

• The Alexander Technique and Percussion

• How Body Mapping and the Alexander Technique Will Improve Your Playing

• Ease Performance Anxiety Naturally

• How To Resolve Dystonias: A Movement Perspective

• What To Do About Performance Anxiety

• "The Scapula: Achieving Stability"

• "Balance Begets Beauty"

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TEACHING TIPS

• Teaching Tips for Choral Directors

• To Schlep or not to Schlep: Alexander Technique Guidelines for Music Performance Teachers

• How To Use Body Mapping In Your Alexander Technique Teaching

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TEACHING CHILDREN

• Using Body Mapping Techniques in the Middle School Orchestra Class

• A Four-Year-Old Discovers Body Mapping

• Teaching the Rotation of the Forearm to Young Pianists

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PERFORMANCE ENHANCEMENT

• The Healing Power of Music

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BASIS OF BODY MAPPING

• Body Map Self Map, Key Note Address to the Andover Educators Biennial Conference

• Musicians as Movers: Body Mapping and the Alexander Technique for Musicians and Music Educators

• Origins and Theory of Mapping

• Scientific Basis of Body Mapping

• The Biological Basis of the Body Map