About my Alexander Technique lessons

In an Alexander Technique Lesson you do not learn the right thing – you learn how to stop doing the wrong thing.

In a lesson I will be teaching you how to organise yourself into balance.

I will do this with gentle hands-on guidance, teaching you how to correctly align your head on top of your spine in stillness, and in movement.

During this work you will become more aware of habitual patterns of tension, both mentally and physically.

Examples of this could be -

• Using more muscular effort than necessary in order to support yourself .
• Using more tension than required when making a movement – e.g. over using the shoulder muscles when you use your arms.
• Reacting to a situation with tension because you are trying too hard.

I will teach you how to let go of these old harmful patterns of tension and stress, that may well be causing you pain and long term damage as well as interfering with your ability to relax and be happy.

We will work to improve the way in which -

• you stand
• you sit
• you bend
• you walk
• you support your shoulders and arms
• you react to a situations that you perceive as stressful .

We can also work on any specific activity that interests you, such as, working at a computer, making a presentation, driving your car, or coping with a stressful situation.

We will spend some time in semi – supine (lying down in an Alexander way) during which, with gentle hands-on I will encourage you to let go of tension and relax.

As a result of having a course of Alexander Technique lessons pupils report that they -

• feel “different”
• feel more balanced
• feel calmer and less tense
• feel more aware of their body and how to use it
• have more energy
• have less aches and pains
• feel they have more space to breathe
• feel that they manage relationships and/ or situations at work better
• feel more in control
• feel more content with their life

The Alexander Technique, a Skill for Life.