Extending Understanding of ‘Care’ as an embodied phenomenon: Alexander Teacher Perspectives on Restoring Carers to Themselves

Woods, Charlotte; Wolverson, Emma; Glover, Lesley

Abstract

Data from an international survey of teachers of the Alexander Technique – an embodied form of self-care – illustrate their perspectives on how AT supports caring by combatting carer self-loss. Understanding of care as an embodied phenomenon is furthered by describing (i) specific embodied habits that seem highly pertinent to care of self and others, and (ii) how they might be (re)-acquired in learning AT. In offering both practical and philosophical ways in which AT differs from alternatives, the article invites fresh thinking about theory and practice in supporting care, and argues that AT research in the context of caring is warranted.

Citation

Woods, C., Wolverson, E., & Glover, L. (in press). Extending Understanding of ‘Care’ as an embodied phenomenon: Alexander Teacher Perspectives on Restoring Carers to Themselves. International Journal of Care and Caring, https://doi.org/10.1332/239788221X16643644394404

• Journal Article Type: Article
• Acceptance Date: Aug 23, 2022
• Online Publication Date: Oct 26, 2022
• Deposit Date: Sep 5, 2022
• Publicly Available Date: Oct 27, 2023
• Journal: International Journal of Care and Caring
• Print ISSN: 2397-8821
• Publisher: Policy Press
• Peer Reviewed: Peer Reviewed
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.1332/239788221X16643644394404
• Public URL: https://hull-repository.worktribe.com/output/4067258