Articles

When a student in a workshop brought up his tinnitus problem and how the constant ringing in his ears was driving him crazy, we looked at it a bit closer and found something very different... and surprising.

There is much talk these days about the dangers of sitting. "Sitting will kill you", they say. But is this so? Or is it about HOW we sit, and what we do when we sit? This article explores the real habits behind it all.

Presence traditions, particularly mindfulness, are popular these days. But there is a trap that slows down and limits progress. Is there a faster way to achieve this sort of presence, and can we understand this trap a little better?

How your internal Response System coordinates you and helps you navigate towards Joy.

An essay about those yummy experiences of "optimal functioning" and how we usually completely miss the hugely important information our systems are really trying to show us.

How an actor and singer changed her sound and voice quality simply by moving her "attention space".

An article clarifying the objective nature of gravity and what it really means for us when we let it activate us.

Imperfect? Inadequate? Not good enough? The habit of "trying to be perfect" is not fun to be caught in. Neither is not being good enough. But what really is the opposite of trying to be perfect?

Nick summarizes the nature and implications of a truly whole model of human functioning — literally, the Anatomy of Wholeness.

A trumpet player is caught in trying to release tension and change her breathing, but instead discovers a simple immediate choice to come back to the music and wholeness.

David takes a golfer through the trap of getting too focused on winning and trying to be better, showing him what causes pressure and mistakes and how to have fun learning.

Elizabeth describes her process of discovery that self-judgment and what others think is not always what it seems, and how she got in touch with the value of her own responses.

What's beyond the body? It's not the emotions or the spirit. It's you! The whole you. Babette describes the insights and experiences that opened her up to a new understanding and a new work.

A fascinating journey of discovery that shows the power of curiosity and careful exploration as Nick follows a thread through his thoughts, experiences and researches to find a lasting place of peace and ease in every moment. Most of all, it shows how possible it is, with just a bit of help, to work things out for yourself.

A narrative of a seminar Babette gave for a group of 70 choral conductors where she explains the Patterns of Being model of the whole-person "coordination of being" and shows how the LearningMethods tools let us get underneath the symptoms and "poor body use" to a deeper level where we can really change problems permanently.

Can we rely upon our own experiences and perceptions to guide us successfully through life? Could we find the answer in our own experiences to the question that Einstein posed to us, "Is the Universe friendly?" David explores the question and his answers in this talk.

How do you tell what is right for you? Wayne's article describes how he learned to use his feelings of right and wrong to guide himself, and also showed him that wrong isn't wrong — it is the wake-up call to learn what is right.

An account of the insights through a LearningMethods session that liberated Ben from depression and started him on an adventure of discovery and change for himself and others around him.

Another take on the process of rigorous and systematic questioning that shows how the LearningMethods work can get at essential information that other methods had not uncovered. (First published in Phoenix magazine.)

A 4-part article about someone who is dealing with an issue of intense shame — a rabbi who doesn't know Hebrew the way he thinks he should and the resulting shame keeps him from being able to learn it. This exploration of his vicious circle of emotional identification solved the issue in one session.

Have you ever had a sudden experience of ecstasy or oneness? Felt yourself wondering what it was an experience of? Or been drawn to try to recapture it but found that difficult? Here is an essay by Babette Lightner on how she came to reassess what happened to her and make sense out of her experiences of "bliss".

This is a transcript of a one-hour radio interview done with David on KFAI Radio in Minneapolis, MN in the USA on April 30, 2001. The interview explores the origin of the LearningMethods work, its principles and a bit of practice right on the show.

In a growing number of articles, David and other teachers describe the LearningMethods process as it is actually used to help specific people with specific issues they want to solve... This article will serve as more of a background explanation of why we go about it that way.

What a joy for an artist, who loves to draw but was beginning to feel discouraged... to suddenly discover that there is a way to change all that in a few hours and rediscover how simple and easy learning is.

Is nervousness and tension before an audition necessary? Is it possible to liberate yourself from these symptoms AND do a better job in the audition?

We think of patience, honesty, courage, etc. as virtues — characteristics that are good to have. But how often do we find ourselves being the opposite?

Ever felt stuck with a phobia like the fear of heights? Eillen describes the simple process that liberated her from this and other fears.

Why do so many musicians have so much tension and nervousness that they cannot get rid of? This account shows how this can be changed.

Ever wondered why everything you do to escape a vicious circle only seems to dig you deeper? This illustrated essay explores that.

David Gorman writes about the journey from the Alexander Technique to the LearningMethods work.

How our thinking and belief systems affect our functioning and vice versa. The 1984 F. M. Alexander Memorial Lecture given in London for STAT.

David's "Second-Generation Masterclass"

How the Alexander Technique can shed light on constructive and unconstructive fitness programs and exercise.