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“People imagine that their bodies are disobedient and unreliable in carrying out their wishes, whereas nothing could be further from the truth.”

Walter Carrington

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Thinking Aloud: Talks on Teaching the Alexander Technique

by Walter Carrington
Introduction by John Nicholls
Edited by Jerry Sontag

The Author

Walter Carrington was born in 1915, the only child of the Rev. W. M. and Hannah Carrington. He was educated in the Choir School of All Saints, Margaret St., London, and St. Paul's School. He first had lessons with Mr. Alexander in 1935 and joined his Training Course in 1936, qualifying as a teacher of the Technique in 1939. From 1941 to 1946 he served as a pilot in the Royal Air Force, after which he returned to work as an Assistant Teacher; and then carried on the Training Course after Mr. Alexander's death in 1955. He and his wife Dilys are Directors of the Constructive Teaching Centre Ltd in London and he is a past Chairman of the Society of Teachers of the Alexander Technique (S.T.A.T.).