“With sustained observation and intelligent practice, we can learn to operate the most complex machine there is — our own self.” —James French, Research Assistant at Dimon Institute

Director and Teacher

Ted is founder and director of The Dimon Institute, a world renowned center for the study of the self in action. His primary activity at the Institute is teaching the intensive training course for future professionals in the field. The course is a three year, full-time program for which Ted has designed a curriculum that is both practical and theoretical. He teaches the investigative process of observing oneself and guides students in gaining knowledge and command of their own musculoskeletal coordination. He gives daily lectures on theoretical topics including anatomical function and design, neuroscience, education, and the psychology of awareness; and supervises students on the path to gaining skill in teaching on their own. The course also fulfills the requirements for the American Society for the Alexander Technique (AmSAT) Teacher Certification.

Teachers College

An Adjunct Professor at Teachers College, Columbia University, Ted has taught classes introducing the study of mind and body — and how we operate them — as an aspect of development. He has introduced the first-ever doctoral program in Psychophysical Education into the field of education, and he supervises a doctoral student in researching key elements of psychophysical functioning in the developing child. 

Research

Ted’s research — at both the theoretical and personal level — originates with the insight that mind/body systems operate at a mostly unconscious level, and that their operation can be raised to a more conscious level. Identifying key biological systems and our distinctly human potential for bringing these under greater awareness and control, Ted’s approach synthesizes scientific and experiential knowledge into a new model of the human being. Areas of research include musculoskeletal function, breathing and the voice, prevention and health, and the psychology of awareness.

Lectures

Ted lectures internationally, with speaking engagements in Germany, Austria, England, Australia, Ireland, Holland and Spain. He lectures on psychophysical education as an unrecognized aspect of child development; the operation of mind and body as a new field of study; and on consciousness as a field of educational development.  A recognized expert and scholar of the work of F. Matthias Alexander, Ted is a regularly-invited plenary speaker at professional conferences relating to Alexander’s work. He lectures at colleges and conservatories, and gives seminars on anatomical design and function, breathing and voice, and performing skills.

Consulting Practice

Ted maintains a consulting and teaching practice at the The Dimon Institute. Over his 40 year career he has worked with thousands of individuals who seek his expertise in musculoskeletal coordination issues and in the skilled use of the body and mind. A sought-after teacher of Alexander Technique, he gives lessons and advises teachers of the Technique.