The Alexander Technique is a skill which makes for greater ease and efficiency in all activities of living.

Most of us have many habitual patterns which constrict us mentally and physically. By becoming aware of habits that interfere with our natural coordination and learning how to prevent these, we can improve posture, performance and alertness.

Through direct, practical experience you’ll learn how to go about your daily activities with increasingly greater ease and freedom of movement.

People of all ages learn the Technique for a variety of reasons.

Many people want to be able to move and breathe easily and effortlessly. Others wish to relieve pain or chronic stiffness, tension and stress. Some wish to enhance performance in a specific area, such as music, singing, dancing or sports.

Whatever the reason, the fundamentals of the Technique are the same: learning a conscious awareness of your whole self, your mind and body as one, complete unit.

The Alexander Technique is typically taught through a series of private lessons, though group classes may be used as an introduction.

In a lesson, you will be guided through gentle movements.

You will learn how to recognise and release any unnecessary tension you may be holding.

Your teacher will provide feedback on your movement patterns - verbally, visually and manually. You are an active participant in the process, and share observations with your teacher.

Over a course of lessons you will learn the fundamental principles for restoring optimal poise, balance and ease. You will find that you can apply these principles to all areas of your life.

The Alexander Technique was discovered in the 1890s by the Australian born F. Matthias Alexander (1869-1955).

He observed that his loss of voice during his recitation performances was due to misuse of his muscular mechanisms. He discovered how to prevent this misuse, how to allow the muscular system to expand as a whole, not contract or tense, and he observed that not only did he regain his voice, but his health, ease of movement and breathing improved significantly.

He came to London in 1904 where he taught his technique for the remainder of his life. George Bernard Shaw, Aldous Huxley, Sir Stafford Cripps, and John Dewey were among his pupils who publicly endorsed the his technique.

. . . a treatment and does not contain any exercises. The Technique is an educational method in which you learn abour your own neuromuscular behaviour patterns and how to develop a conscious control of your reactions. “It is not what we do, but how we do it.”

Research has shown that the Alexander Technique can help with balance, breathing, chronic pain, and backache.

For example, a controlled trial of Alexander lessons was published in the British Medical Journal in 2008. Its main conclusion was that individual lessons in the Technique have long term benefits for patients with chronic back pain.

Lessons in the Alexander Technique outperformed all control groups.

The best way to discover what the Technique is about and how it works is to experience it for yourself. We recommend you to book an introductory lesson, without further commitment. There is no fixed number of lessons to take, and lessons are normally booked individually, as you go along.