Miss Goldie (1905-1997) worked alongside Alexander for thirty years and was probably closest to him, hearing many of his last thoughts on his work. I was fortunate to work with her between 1990 and 1995, just after finishing my training. She was kind, (mostly, her temper was legendary!) but uncompromising. She taught what she had understood from Alexander, much of which she considered lost to the mainstream Alexander profession. I felt she broke down everything I had learned so far, and rebuilt it her way, a scary process! Later, I worked with others who had studied with Miss Goldie, and also Erika Whittaker, to understand the essence of her teaching, and why it was different from that now mostly taught.

More recently, I have worked with Jeando Masoero and his understanding of Alexander’s initial technique. He has reconstructed the psychophysical methods of Francois Delsarte, which FM probably learnt early on, using integrated directions for himself as antagonistic pulls. This is based on a very different model of ‘body geometry’ – our ideal alignment, than that currently understood. I consider this was what Miss Goldie was using as she worked on me, and it has enabled me to understand the functional anatomy underpinning her work. While Miss Goldie always worked with me with hands-on, she taught me to work on myself, thinking in activity, in relationship to the task

in hand. From this starting point, my work has evolved so that I now work mostly hands-off, whether with individual pupils or groups, in person or online, guiding the pupil to discover the work for themselves and make it their own. My workshops and video courses introduce teachers to the essence of her understanding, (as I understood it), both to work on yourself, and teach it to pupils or groups. All workshops are place limited. If you would like a workshop for teachers in your area, please contact me. For those who really want to understand this work, I also recommend reading my book and joining the Book Study Club (see the calendar box below), taking private lessons online with me, or coming to Edinburgh for a personal intensive.