Following years of self-experimentation, awareness, and introspection, Australian F. Matthias Alexander (1869-1955) came to one conclusion - the human mind and body are an inseparable whole. Any attempt to treat one without the other is bound to fail. He came to understand the dynamic relationship of the head, neck, and torso and their effect on human behavior.Alexander's simple, practical, precise method of breathing, balance, and self-assurance - which requires neither the submergence nor the obliteration of our minds - is the only method to be taken up by persons with a professional interest in their bodies: musicians, dancers, actors. Prominent proponents of The Alexander Technique today include John Cleese, Jamie Lee Curtis, Joel Grey, William Hurt, Kevin Kline, Paul and Linda McCartney, Kelly McGillis, Paul Newman, Sting, David Ogden Stiers, Mary Steenburgen, and Robin Williams.