About the Alexander Technique
People study the Technique for a variety of reasons, including:
To relieve pain through learning better coordination of the musculoskeletal system.
To increase personal awareness and mindfulness.
To enhance performance. Athletes, singers, dancers, and musicians use the Technique to improve breathing, vocal production, and speed and accuracy of movement.
To achieve greater conscious control of their reactions.
Most of us have many habitual patterns of tension, learned both consciously and unconsciously. These patterns can be unlearned, enabling the possibility of new choices in posture, movement and reaction. During lessons you'll develop awareness of habits that interfere with your natural coordination. You'll learn how to undo these patterns and develop the ability to consciously redirect your whole self into an optimal state of being and functioning. Through direct experience you’ll learn how to go about your daily activities with increasingly greater ease and less effort.
For the science behind the Alexander Technique, read this new scientific model of the AT published in the Kinesiology Review in Nov 2020. A pdf of the full paper can be read here. Read a summary of the paper here.
https://www.alexandertechniquescience.com/general/overview/potential-mechanisms-of-the-alexander-technique-toward-a-comprehensive-neurophysiological-model/
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