Alexander Technique Lessons

The Alexander Technique is a re-education system for the human mind and body.

The ‘Alexander Technique’ came into being from F.M. Alexander, who was an actor. He lost his voice when reciting, and stopped working to try and figure out what he was doing that caused the problem. It took him 12 years, observing himself in a mirror, before he realized he had a tendency to tighten his head, neck and back.

It wont take you 12 years to learn his technique!

You must, however, be prepared to give this alternative therapy some time.

How it works

The process works by a series of what appears to be a very gentle guidance from the teacher’s hands, with directions. These commands directly influence the nervous system and send signals to the muscles to release. This can cause a general relaxation in the whole body. A lighter, free-er sensation is obtained.

The Technique has benefits for conditions including:- back pain, RSI, stage-fright, depression, whip-lash, sports injuries, stress, chronic pain, certain degenerative diseases. It offers a real alternative to specialists such as Osteopaths and Chiropractors.

• A lighter, freer sensation is obtained

• Feeling of vitality returns with a zest for living

• Gives a calmer, confident outlook

• Powerful self-improvement programme

• 2008 Southampton back pain trial of 597 patients, using the Technique

• Used with Parkinson’s Disease

A feeling of vitality returns and a zest for living, gives a calmer, confident outlook on life and living.

Patients who had been trained in the Alexander Technique reported less pain and an ability to do more by the end of the year, those who combined Alexander technique with exercise improved by 40% to 45 %, he said. The Guardian 20/8/08 from back pain trials by Prof Paul Little of Southampton’s faculty and colleagues. See BMJ online report.

ATLAS Neck Pain Trial University of York funded by Arthritis Research UK 2015.The results show that people with chronic neck pain up to on average 6 years who attended 20 one to one Alexander Technique lessons gained significant long term benefits with significant reductions in neck pain and associated disability kept one year after lessons began.

Children's Treatments

I am able to offer treatment to children from birth to five years old and from five years old until 18 years old; they must be accompanied by an adult.