WHY
USE THE ALEXANDER TECHNIQUE?
To Perform Better
Performers can improve stamina, increase clarity of perception, free up spontaneity
and manage stage fright.
Sports people can improve flexibility, time and efficiency, to be on form more
consistently.
With the Alexander Technique, you learn to understand the basis of co-ordination
and how to
attend to the process.
Performing artists and athletes of all standards around the world apply the Alexander
Technique to their practice. It is also taught at many performing arts schools
and colleges.
For Your Health and Well-Being
Learning the Alexander Technique can help you to prevent or alleviate conditions
associated with undue tension or poor posture. These include many difficulties
with co-ordination and movement; joint and muscle problems; breathing disorders;
and
stress-related conditions.
It can enhance rehabilitation after operations, injury, or illness, and provide
support
during pregnancy and preparation for childbirth.
It can improve management of stress and pain, and provide coping skills for chronic
illness
and disabilities.
For Your Self-Development
The Alexander Technique offers you a method for life-long learning. You can use
it to
develop self-awareness and self-reliance.
The Technique can add a new dimension of creativity to your life and lead to
on-going
self-discovery.
HOW CAN I LEARN?
You can learn the Alexander Technique through one-to-one lessons with a qualified
teacher. This setting provides the best opportunity for your individual needs
to be
addressed.
The number of lessons will depend on your particular needs and goals, and these
can be discussed with your teacher. Please note that Alexander teachers, although
highly trained,
are not medical advisors and do not make medical diagnoses.
Learning the Alexander Technique involves changing long-standing habits, so improvement
relies in part on your active participation. A course of 20 to 30 regular lessons
can
provide a good foundation for on-going self-discovery for most people.
WHAT HAPPENS IN LESSONS?
Your teacher will use explanation and a guiding touch to help you re-discover
balance and ease within yourself. You start by working with simple movements
and positions - such as sitting, walking or bending your knees - which are basic
to all activity.
Through experience and observation, you learn how your co-ordination works -
how you create tension and how you prevent or release it. The awareness enables
you to change longstanding
habits and function more efficiently.
In time and with practice you will be able to use your new understanding and
skill in more complex and demanding activities and situations in daily life.
You can bring awareness
and poise to anything that you do.
Alexander lessons involve some movement, so you may be asked to wear non-restrictive
clothing and remove your shoes
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