Frank

Dr. Frank Pierce Jones was my first Alexander teacher. Frank pioneered the scientific verification of the Alexander Technique. Using electromyography, X rays, multiple-image photography and a device that he invented called the force/stress platform, Frank documented the effects of the Alexander Technique from an objective, scientific point of view. I was lucky enough to participate in some of his experiments and honored that he included a short piece of my writing in his book, "Body Awareness in Action." Besides being a brilliant teacher and researcher, Frank was one of the kindest people I have ever met. He epitomized what it means to be "a gentleman and a scholar."

“The Alexander Technique teaches you how to bring more practical intelligence into what you are already doing; how to eliminate stereotyped responses; how to deal with habit and change. It leaves you free to choose your own goal but gives you a better use of yourself while you work at it. Alexander discovered a method for expanding consciousness to take in inhibition as well as excitation and thus obtain a better integration of the reflex and voluntary elements in a response pattern. The procedure makes any movement or activity smoother and easier, and is strongly reinforcing.”

Dr. Frank Pierce Jones