| 单词 | alexander technique |
| 释义 | > as lemmasAlexander technique 1. Designating a form of therapy aimed at training a person's awareness of posture and physical movement so as to reduce tension and improve well-being. Now chiefly in Alexander technique.In early use also in the possessive. ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > healing > medical treatment > physiotherapy > [adjective] > controlling posture Alexander1920 1918 J. Dewey in F. M. Alexander Man's Supreme Inheritance (ed. 2) p. xxi If Mr. Alexander's technique is sound, it is completely impossible that there should be conscious control.] 1920 G. S. Lee Ghost in White House vi. 273 Alexander's technique for pulling one particular man, soul and body, together. 1936 D. Starch et al. Controlling Human Behavior iv. 82 This is a free summing up of the essential phases of the Alexander technique. 1942 A. Huxley Let. (1969) 473 Given mysticism and such psycho-physical techniques as the Bates method and the Alexander method, it is possible to conceive of a totally new kind of education. 1973 W. Barlow Alexander Princ. i. 9 Men and women who are pre-eminent in their various spheres..have gladly accepted the help that the Alexander principle has to offer them. 1995 C. A. Wiley Martial Arts Teachers on Teaching 202 She is a certified yoga teacher, Alexander Technique teacher, and a certified massage therapist. 2000 D. Mason in J. Potter Cambr. Compan. Singing xvii. 219 Many singers find the practice of Alexander technique..of considerable benefit. < as lemmas |
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