The Alexander Technique is an internationally renowned educational method that promotes ease of movement, freedom of breath and voice, resiliency of posture, and greater sensory awareness.  As we learn the principles of the Alexander Technique,

• movement becomes light and lively
• breath becomes dynamic and expansive
• voice becomes full and supported
• posture becomes effortless and confident
• senses become clear and refined

How the Alexander Technique can benefit us:

Built into us as human beings is a natural poise and coordination, an ability to move with ease and efficiency.  Unfortunately, we often interfere with this ability through habits of movement and thought.  Our original poise gives way to fatigue and discomfort; our natural flexibility gives way to stiffness and injury, and our inherent coordination gives way to tension and strain.  The Alexander Technique teaches us how to reverse and prevent this degenerative process, by restoring the dynamic coordination, balance, and efficiency of the whole body.

How the Alexander Technique works:

The Alexander Technique works by teaching us how to respond differently to the stimulus of any movement or activity in daily life. Instead of responding in accordance to our habits, we learn to respond with a broader range of choices, more in harmony with our natural human design.  The Technique is primarily concerned with the working of the “postural reflexes”, i.e., the mechanisms that enable us to support and balance ourselves against the ever-present pull of gravity.  As we learn to prevent the habits that interfere with these reflexes, we are able to find freedom, ease and confidence in all our movement, whether it be sitting, standing, walking, running, speaking, singing, breathing or dancing, to name but a few.