A little about the Alexander Technique
Alexander Technique is specialised teaching, not therapy - though it will, over time make you feel better!
Taught privately and at many leading schools of Music Drama and Dance, such as Trinity Laban Conservatoire, Guildhall School of Music and Drama, the Royal Academy of Music and Royal Academy of Dramatic Art (RADA) it is somtimes called 'the actor's secret'!
It can help everyone in the most unexpected ways: teaching self-management - to take time when needed encouraging ease and our inherent natural springiness.
It's a fabulous journey of self-discovery, leading over time to more clarity, joy in being and thinking.
Concerned mainly with preventing interferences to our natural functioning - not just adding more exercises that sometimes make our poise and functioning far worse rather than better, there's great benefit emotionally as well as physically.
Applying the principles in everyday life allows us to be more effective.
Lessons can be of profound help in freeing the 'natural' voice if you are a singer or public speaker and can also be invaluable in enhancing sporting and musical skill - showing us how to achieve more by doing less……
Lessons often improve your appearance and confidence, building self-esteem as a by-product. Especially important in children's development they can help the upcoming generations prevent poor movement habits (often considered normal!) and other behavioural maladjustments forming. Indeed, many of the ‘stress’ problems that adults suffer as they get older can often be traced back to habits laid down during formative years. The answers lie NOT in gyms but in an understanding of the nature of physical balance and our habitual reactions in daily life.
Alexander lessons help us recognize and change these less than useful habits, return to more natural movement, suffer less the effects of 'stress' and enjoy more balance in life, generally. It's entirely up to you how far you take this process - it can just help you feel more comfortabkle in your body or start the process of a deep change in attitude and self - development.
Some interesting articles, video and audio talks can be found here