Annette Bening, Sir Ian McKellan and Sting all use the
Alexander Technique
to
enhance their performance and stage
presence.
Every day you 'perform' with your body when you drive a
car, use a computer, exercise, write, cook, play an
instrument, and so forth. Unconscious habits of tension can
interfere with your activity and cause fatigue or pain. The
Alexander Technique is a process for learning
to coordinate movement, posture, balance and
intelligence. It can help you understand how your mindset
affects your muscles, and how your unconscious habits can
sabotage your posture and well-being.
How does it work?
With an Alexander
teacher's hands-on guidance and feedback as you perform simple
movements, you can begin to perceive the habits that get in
your way. You'll learn a new way of thinking that results in
very different sensory experiences. You begin to stand tall
without effort, breathe more fully, and move with more
lightness and freedom.You learn to enhance your comfort and
performance in all your daily activities, whether it's working
at your desk, carrying your child or swinging a golf
club.
Students of the
Technique regularly report a decrease in pain and fatigue,
improved coordination, increasing awareness and focus ... and
quite often an extra inch of height!
Reclaiming this freedom is our birthright
-
F.M. Alexander
