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Supporting the Trust
The purpose of the Trust is to bring to the general public, awareness and understanding of the Alexander Technique. The Trust also promotes research and study into all aspects of the Technique.
To continue the valuable and important work of the Trust, you can help in a variety of ways.
Single donation
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You can donate using your Paypal account or credit card.
Cheques
Please make a donation payable to
“The F.Matthias Alexander Trust” and send to:
The Alexander Trust
c/o The Society of Teachers of the Alexander Technique (STAT)
Grove Business Centre Unit 48
560-568 High Road
Tottenham
London N17 9TA
If you are a UK taxpayer and would like your donation to be treated as a Gift Aid donation (making it worth more at no extra cost to you) please download, print and complete the Gift Aid Declaration section of our Donation Form (PDF)
Regular giving
Giving regularly means we have reliable income we can count on. You can support the Trust with an annual or monthly standing order.
Please download our Donation Form (PDF).
Leaving a legacy
You may like to consider supporting the Alexander Trust by leaving a legacy in your Will. Legacies are a vital source of income for the Trust. Legacy pledges help us with our long-term plans, knowing that funds may become available. Whether the legacy is large or small it will make a real and lasting difference to the work of the Trust.
Fundraising
You can create your own fundraising events. Fundraising allows you to be as creative and inventive as you want. Sponsored sports activities or dinners or days out are frequently used for fundraising.
The Trust regularly arranges fundraising raffles and is always looking for Alexander Technique-related prizes. We are grateful for donations of any potential prizes for our raffles.
If you would like to discuss these possibilities further, please contact us.
Projects Supported by the Alexander Trust
The F. Matthias Alexander Trust
Supporting the Alexander Technique since 1991
Registered Charity No. 802856.
The purpose of the Trust is to bring to the general public, awareness and understanding of the Alexander Technique. The Trust also promotes research and study into all aspects of the Technique.
These are examples of projects supported by the Trust:
An introduction to the Alexander Technique by Dr. Wilfred Barlow showing Dr Barlow teaching.
It was produced by Linda and Paul McCartney in the early 1980s and has never previously been released.
Published by David Reed Media 2011.
Alexander Technique Congress DVDs
The Trust sponsored the publication of the 18-DVD set of workshops and lectures of the first International Congress of the Alexander Technique in Stony Brook, New York, in 1986.
Published by David Reed Media 2011.
2008 Alexander Technique Congress
The Trust partially sponsored the International Congress of the Alexander Technique in Lugano, Switzerland. The Trust also supported the publication of the Congress Papers.
The Papers were published in two volumes by STAT in 2009.
The Alexander Technique – A Scientist’s Approach CD
Chris Stevens was a teacher of the Technique for over 20 years. He researched various aspects of the human support mechanism and their relation to the Technique. This interview with Stephanie Smith was made shortly before his death and summarises his thinking on the Alexander Technique.
Published by David Reed Media 2008.
Introductory Alexander Technique DVD
Known as the “The Head Leads and the Body Follows” this is a professional introductory video, featuring many well-known teachers. 25 mins. DVD. Produced by Rafaele Joudry.
Published by In Such A Way Productions in 1996.
F. M. Alexander’s Talking Books
The Trust funded the complete and unabridged recordings of Alexander’s four books. They were read by Marjory Barlow, a niece of F. M. Alexander and produced by Trevor Allan Davies.
Constructive Conscious Control of the Individual was produced on eight cassette tapes and published by STAT Books in 2000. Not currently available.
The Expanding Self
Often referred to as the Binkley diaries this is the most extensive and vivid record of how F. M. Alexander taught. Goddard Binkley had lessons with Alexander 1951-53 and subsequently trained as a teacher.
Published by STAT Books in 1993.
Not to Do
A personal diary by Fiona Robb of her twenty-one lessons with Margaret Goldie between 1995 and 1996. Margaret Goldie was an exceptional teacher who was on Alexander’s first teacher training course in 1931-34.
Published by Camon Press in 1999.
Highlights from the 1999 International Congress
Highlights from workshops, lectures and presentations at the 6th International Congress of the Alexander Technique, 1999 in Freiburg, Germany. 144 mins. DVD.
Produced and published by David Reed Media in 2000.
The F. Matthias Alexander Trust
The F. Matthias Alexander Trust
Supporting the Alexander Technique since 1991
Registered Charity No. 802856.
The purpose of the Trust is to bring to the general public, awareness and understanding of the Alexander Technique. The Trust also promotes research and study into all aspects of the Technique.
The Trust consists of between five and eleven trustees who normally meet three times a year in London. One of the trustees is a member of the STAT Council and provides an ongoing link to STAT. All Trustees are practising teachers of the Alexander Technique. If you would like to consider becoming a Trustee please contact us.
The original trustees of 1991 were Mrs Julia Brodie, Air Vice Marshal David Clark, Mrs Jenny Daisley, Mrs Vartoug Gulbenkian, Mr Donald Kirkley, Mr Adam Nott, Mr David Peers and Vice Admiral Sir Allan Trewby KCB.
Current Trustees
Mary Walker, David Harrowes, Peter Ribeaux, David Reed, Anna McCallion, Kamal Thapen.
The Trust produces yearly reports.
Extracts are available on The FM Alexander Trust website.
10th International Alexander Technique Congress
Presenting at the 10th International Alexander Technique Congress in Limerick, Ireland
9th – 15th August 2015
Peter Ribeaux is an Alexander Technique Teacher of nearly 50 years standing and is co-director of the Centre for the Alexander Technique in London training teachers. He is chair of the STAT Moderators’ Panel and a member of the Training Course Committee.
He has worked as a university lecturer and as a consultant in personal and organisational development, stress management and back pain prevention. The Alexander Technique is the main driving force in this work.
His private practice includes people from all walks of life and he currently gives individual lessons in a medical school.
All aspects of the Technique, in particular working out what it really was that Alexander discovered, fascinate him. He loves working with others to improve their work (and his own). More recently he has enjoyed making sense of anatomy and neuroscience in relation to the Technique.