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Here is one( of many) interesting references to inhibition by F.M.Alexander:

“It is, therefore, as necessary to order the inhibition of incorrect and unconsciously performed acts as to give orders which will secure the co-ordinated use of the mechanisms involved. Therefore, when the teacher has discovered the errors unconsciously committed by the pupil when beginning to rehearse the correct orders, he will draw attention to them, and give a definite order concerning what is not to be done, e.g. the peculiar bad habit, perhaps of a lifetime. This negative order must precede all positive commands. In other words, the order or orders concerning what is not to be done are to be considered as primary, and those concerning what is to be done as secondary.”

"Re-Education of the Kinæsthetic Systems" (1908) in Articles and Lectures by F. M. Alexander (Mouritz, 1995, London), page 83

Heres another:

“Many people would take exception to the word "inhibition," but this inhibition is not the inhibition that we usually hear of. This good pupil: I have explained to him before that he cannot stop those old subconscious habits unless he inhibits the original request that I make to him, and he consents to do that. Therefore, it is not an inhibition associated with suppression. He consents to do it.”

Lecture: "An Unrecognized Principle" (1925) in Articles and Lectures by F. M. Alexander (Mouritz, 1995, London), page 148