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I.    Introduction
II.    Introduction to the Alexander Technique
III.    Introduction to the Self-Experiments

PART 1:  HOW DO YOU MOVE?  TALES FROM THE BEGINNING
    1.  Surprising Observations
        John, Part One
    2.  A Malfunctioning Locomotor System
        Erin, Part One
    3.  How Did We Get This Way? From Fish to Horse to Biped
    4.  Standing on Two Legs: The Biped’s Challenge

        SELF-EXPERIMENTS
            A.  Rest Your Back
                Semi-supine
                Prone
            B.  Motion and Mind
                How You Move
                Can You Change?
                Noticing Your Habit
                Your Mind-Body Connection


PART 2:   HOW DO YOU FEEL?  THE MIND-BODY LINK
    5.  A Sense of Feeling
    6.  Feelings Gone Wrong
        Gary
        Betty, Part One
    7.  The Feeling of Fear
        How We Perceive Danger
    8.  Fear’s Body-Mind
        In the Grip of Fear
        A Threatening Injury
        The Shrinking World of Pain

    9.  Anxiety and Performance
        Bruce, Part One
    10.  Attention, Awareness, and Conscious Inhibition
        Bruce, Part Two

PART 3:  HOW DO YOU THINK? THE MIND CHANGES EVERYTHING
    11.  A Fine Day in London with Nothing to Feel
    12.  Finding The Thinking Mind
        The Light in the Attic
        Surprises and Beliefs

    13.  Believing Is Not Seeing
    14.  The Difference that Inhibition Makes
        Erin, Part Two
    15.  You Have a Helper

        SELF-EXPERIMENTS
            C.  How to Inhibit
                Quieting Your Inner Conversation
                Turning on Your Prefrontal Cortex
                Thinking with Meaning
                The Positive “No”
                Conscious Inhibition

            D.  Acts of Inhibition
                      Stop Moving
                      Thinking of Not Doing
                      Letting Your Helper Do It
                      Letting Go of Belief


PART 4:  SPACE AND DIRECTION: OUR HIDDEN SENSE
    16.  Fewer Words, More Space
        Cleo
        Meghan

    17.  More Problems with Feelings
        Nathan
        Nancy

    18.  Balance and Coordination
    19.  A New Way of Moving
        Brian
        Betty, Part Two


        SELF-EXPERIMENTS
            E.  How to Direct
                Think of a Cube
                Up-Down, Wide, Forward-Back
                Putting Directions Together
                Turning Your Head
                Forward and Up
                Thinking Names of Body Parts
                Alexander’s Directions

            F.  Moving with Inhibition and Direction
                Bending Your Leg
                Moving Forward and Back
                Standing and Sitting


PART 5:  TOUCH: OUR FORGOTTEN SENSE
    20.  Touching the Heart
        Sam
        What is it About Touch?

    21.  The Teacher’s Hands

PART 6:  CONSCIOUSNESS:  OUR NEWEST SENSE
    22.  Pain-Free and Moving Again
        John, Part Two
    23.  An Incredible Lightness of Being
        Erin, Part Three
    24.  Speaking from My Self
        Greg
    25.  Self-Mastery: Connection

        SELF-EXPERIMENTS
            G.  Strengthen Your Back
                Neck Extensors
                Neck and Back Extensors

            H.  Self-Mastery Every Day
                Exercise
                Sports
                Practice and Performance
                Anxiety
                Pain
                How You Live


        Appendix: How to Find A Teacher
        Glossary
        Notes
        Bibliography
        Acknowledgments
        Index