The technique

The Alexander Technique is:

The ability to make good use of oneself. To know how to securely perform and enjoy all of the complex activities that require tension such as: playing an instrument, performing or acting, dancing, walking, hoovering, sitting, living…
A simple method to educate the body the object of which is to find balance and natural freedom, to learn to move ourselves with more ease; and that once learnt, never forgotten.
A way to understand how the body is designed to allow it to function how it knows instinctively...
A re-education to establish good co-ordination between body and mind.
A process of learning, slow but sure, that helps us to know our habits and let go from interfering with our body’s innate intelligence.
A way of learning to interact with the ‘other’ without loosing sense of self; learning to be more present and conscious in our own space and the one we share with others.
A journey, an experience, a surprise!

The Alexander Technique is not:

It’s not a programme of exercises, like those you learn in a class of Yoga, Pilates, or in the gym. The Alexander Technique teaches you to be conscious of how you move and choose, in every moment, how you want to move, in such a way that it’s not converted into a series of automatic mechanical like movements.
It’s not a treatment like acupuncture, chiropractic, or the different types of massage. The big difference is that we are not qualified as therapists, but as teachers. And those that attend the classes are pupils and not patients. It’s an education or, rather, a re-education, because the students actively learn to apply the technique daily once the bad habits are unlearnt and new ones learnt.

Prevention before cure

The object of the technique is to make good use of oneself, thus to be able to prevent pain or illness; and give ourselves autonomy to be responsible for our state of being. To be conscious of our bad habits is the first stage in the change to wellbeing. Nevertheless, the majority of us (especially in Spain) haven’t been educated to prevent, only to cure.

Therefore if you have arrived to the Technique suffering some pain, which is your case? Choose from the following options: