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This Concept Map, created with IHMC CmapTools, has information related to: AlexanderTechnique, requires work on the paradoxical goal of "non-doing" or INHIBITION, Founded by F. Matthias Alexander (1869-1955) believed people have built-in proprioceptive blind spots, different than exchange between physical therapist and patient where the patient is and will always dependent for recovery, The Alexander Technique Context different than exchange between physical therapist and patient, The Alexander Technique Benefits judge the effort necessary for moving, The Alexander Technique History Founded by F. Matthias Alexander (1869-1955), repetitious circumstances lead people to create deliberate and non-deliberate habits, taught in performance schools of music and voice as strategy for pain management, The Alexander Technique Premise of INHIBITION or "non-doing:" habits diminish sensation, taught in performance schools of music and voice as nonsurgical approach to injury recovery, people have built-in proprioceptive blind spots which makes perceptual sensation disappear, The Alexander Technique Implications for musicians taught in performance schools of music and voice, create deliberate and non-deliberate habits as they adapt to circumstances, The Alexander Technique Challenges internalizing the directions, The Alexander Technique Three main directions: "neck back", kinesthetic sense to become untrustworthy so needless tension is used to overcompensate for inefficient use, The Alexander Technique Benefits student can internally calibrate his/her own bodily location, weight and ability, The Alexander Technique Benefits body consciousness in every and any movement, habits diminish sensation and attention to one's movements, The Alexander Technique Benefits educate the student's sense of kinesthesia