Dodman teaches the Alexander Technique in West Sussex. He also trades the financial markets. He keeps chickens, listens to Mike Olfield and John Cale, gardens, writes and paints, is keen on astral travel, horse riding, cycling and tennis, loves the sun but lives in England, and believes in energy systems unknown to physics. His real name is not Dodman.
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Before and after
This was written in response to a fellow teacher who disagreed with my thoughts concerning the timing of inhibition in Alexander work. It includes a description of the dramatic results of my first (and, for the next year, only) lesson.

More than one thing at a time
This formed part of a discussion on inhibition and whether it was realistic to believe we could think of more than one thing at a time.

Concerning my review of MSI
This touches on a number of issues that crop up elsewhere on these pages.

About inhibition
This is a letter I wrote to a colleague.

A Letter to David Gorman concerning a debate on AlexTech about LearningMethods
David Gorman went from being an Alexander teacher of considerable renown to the originator of a new and, I believe, entirely different, approach to human use and functioning. He wrote at length about his work on the AlexTech forum. I joined the forum just before he left it.

Letter to Direction concerning breathing
I wrote this in some exasperation at what I perceived as the general view - within the Alexander profession, as in the outside world - of the Technique concerning itself almost exclusively with people who used their voices, and their breath, 'professionally'.

Outline proposal for evening classes early in my teaching career
This was written a long time ago!

Part of a letter expressing the desire for more precision in explaining Alexander work
A snippet from my past. I can't even remember who I was writing to.

Another letter concerning LearningMethods
This formed part of my correspondance with David Gorman, after he left - under a certain amount of pressure - the AlexTech forum.

A questionnaire I devised
I got very few responses to this!

About verbal ordering
An expression of some of my qualms.

A letter to Wade Alexander concerning spirituality and the Alexander Technique
Self explanatory.

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