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“Most of our habits become so ingrained we are no longer aware of them. An Alexander Technique teacher will help you recognise your own unhelpful habit patterns, which contribute to your stress, tension and pain, thereby allowing you to move with more freedom.”


What Happens in an Alexander Lesson?

An Alexander Technique teacher has been trained full-time for three years to use their hands in a very unique and subtle way, which is always very gentle. Using touch and explanation, the teacher will help you become aware of your habits and how you can change them. Using everyday movements such as sitting and standing, you will explore where you are holding tension and learn to release it.

For part of the lesson you may be lying down, which gives the body further opportunity to release muscle tension.

It is advisable to book an introductory lesson because the Alexander Technique is not easy to describe in words; it is better to experience it.

The Alexander Technique may help in the following areas:

  • Chronic joint pain
  • Backache/neck pain
  • Headaches/migraines
  • Tension, stress and anxiety
  • RSI (repetitive strain injury)
  • Breathing disorders
  • Digestive problems
  • Whiplash
  • Asthma
  • Sports and other injuries
  • Post-operative recovery
  • Parkinson’s disease
  • Posture and appearance
  • General health, fitness and well-being
  • Confidence and poise
  • Acting
  • Music and singing
  • Horse riding

Alongside the physical benefits, many people find additional psychological and philosophical benefits of mind-body unity which is intrinsic to the Alexander Technique.

You translate everything, whether physical, mental or spiritual, into muscular tension.
F.M. Alexander Teaching Aphorisms, Articles and Lectures pg. 207
About F.M. Alexander 1869-1955 Alexander with John DeweyF.M. Alexander with John Dewey “You are not here to do exercises or to learn to do something right, but to get able to meet a stimulus that always puts you wrong and to learn to deal with it." F.M. Alexander


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