Posture

Though you may not realize it, what you do and how you do it affect the shape, tone and feel of your body. We are constantly in motion, even while sitting. What appears as lazy or stiff posture is really a lack of central coordination. By changing the way you perform ordinary activities with the Alexander Technique, your posture naturally improves not from artificial, external stiffening, but from ease and inner expansion.

Many of us get stuck at some point in a certain level of tension, fixity, distortion, or holding, which becomes built in to our habitual way of being. Our individual movement, holding and postural patterns comprises our way of applying ourselves across all our activities and can levy a hidden strain, lowering performance and predisposing us to injury and back pain. Yet because it is there all the time, it usually slips below the level of our conscious awareness and we remain unaware of the strains we are inadvertently imposing on ourselves day in, day out.

Our personal pattern, for better or worse, comprises the matrix out of which all our actions are performed; exercise, relaxation, work, leisure. It is precisely in unraveling and changing these patterns that the Alexander Technique excels. By refining your overall body awareness with the Alexander Technique, you start to recognize when your alignment is out of balance, and learn a manageable, sustainable way to restore it. With the teacher's gentle hands-on guidance you relieve tension and discomfort while reestablishing the deep internal support system of the spine. As you restore your natural poise you find greater stability, balance and fluidity, as good posture is the contour of improved functioning.