Take Your Performance to the Next Level with The Alexander Technique
Whether you're a performer, athlete, or someone who wants to learn how to move and function with less effort, the Alexander Technique can help.
Discover what The Alexander Technique can do for you
The Alexander Technique is a unique method that helps you to re-learn free, natural movement that many of us have sadly lost. Periods of stress, inactivity, injury, illness, or excessive sports training, can lead to poor habits of movement - without us even being aware.
If you suffer from back pain, a stiff neck, aching shoulders, poor posture or recurring sports injuries and other treatments haven't helped or only provide temporary relief, The Alexander Technique could help you.
Your condition could be caused by how you stand, sit, walk or run.
Traditional therapies may treat the symptom but often fail to address the root cause - habit. Yet if you don't change how you move and hold yourself, the aches and pains will inevitably return.
If you suffer from back pain, a stiff neck, aching shoulders, poor posture or recurring sports injuries and other treatments haven't helped or only provide temporary relief, The Alexander Technique could help you.
Your condition could be caused by how you stand, sit, walk or run.
Traditional therapies may treat the symptom but often fail to address the root cause - habit. Yet if you don't change how you move and hold yourself, the aches and pains will inevitably return.
Try my quick test and see how well (or not) you can perform this simple activity, it only takes a few seconds and all you need is a chair. You might be surprised at the result!
Did you try it?
If you found you used more effort than necessary, you're not alone. The majority of adults trying this test will use excessive effort to perform this everyday movement.
Did you try it?
If you found you used more effort than necessary, you're not alone. The majority of adults trying this test will use excessive effort to perform this everyday movement.
How poor movement habits can cause back pain and poor posture
If you drive your car badly, it will eventually cause mechanical problems. You can take it to your local garage to get it fixed - but as soon as you drive away, you'll start the process all over again.
So it's not surprising that your body will suffer if you use it poorly!
If you tightened your neck, shoulders or lower back in the experiment with the chair, you'll likely be 'misusing' your muscles in other activities.
Most muscle aches and pains are due to fatigue. If your lower back muscles are over-used when standing, sitting or moving, they'll soon get tired and begin to ache.
Treatment such as physiotherapy, osteopathy or chiropractic will help to alleviate your condition (just as the car mechanic mentioned earlier), but if how you use your muscles is the cause - you'll be back on the treatment table before long.
So it's not surprising that your body will suffer if you use it poorly!
If you tightened your neck, shoulders or lower back in the experiment with the chair, you'll likely be 'misusing' your muscles in other activities.
Most muscle aches and pains are due to fatigue. If your lower back muscles are over-used when standing, sitting or moving, they'll soon get tired and begin to ache.
Treatment such as physiotherapy, osteopathy or chiropractic will help to alleviate your condition (just as the car mechanic mentioned earlier), but if how you use your muscles is the cause - you'll be back on the treatment table before long.
How can the Alexander Technique help me?
It's important to state at this point, The Alexander Technique is not a form of treatment - it's an educational method. To return to the car analogy above, if a physiotherapist is the car mechanic, an Alexander Technique teacher would be the driving instructor.
During an Alexander Technique lesson, the teacher will look at how you move, stand, sit, walk, run or play your sport, and find what it is you may be doing, that could be the cause of your problem.
With gentle touch and verbal feedback, a teacher will help you to first recognise your poor habits, and then show you how to correct them. Very few exercises are used - so you don't have to set aside your valuable time to do exercises. We focus on every day activities and how you can use less effort to relieve your muscles of unnecessary effort.
When you apply what you've learnt in the lesson, you'll notice the difference quickly. Many people learning the technique say they feel lighter, taller and find movement easier.
During an Alexander Technique lesson, the teacher will look at how you move, stand, sit, walk, run or play your sport, and find what it is you may be doing, that could be the cause of your problem.
With gentle touch and verbal feedback, a teacher will help you to first recognise your poor habits, and then show you how to correct them. Very few exercises are used - so you don't have to set aside your valuable time to do exercises. We focus on every day activities and how you can use less effort to relieve your muscles of unnecessary effort.
When you apply what you've learnt in the lesson, you'll notice the difference quickly. Many people learning the technique say they feel lighter, taller and find movement easier.