The Alexander Technique improves the quality of how you use yourself. It sharpens your thinking, which frees your movement and removes the interference that stops you reaching your potential, whether you are on stage, in the boardroom, or going about your day.
A Brief History
F.M. Alexander was born in 1869 and trained as an actor. After some years of success, he developed a voice problem that threatened to end his career. Doctors and voice specialists of the time could offer no solution. Convinced the problem was something he was doing to himself, he began a painstaking process of self-observation and experimentation to try to solve his problem. What he discovered in trying to save his career became the foundation of a technique that has since been applied to every aspect of human performance and daily life.
Lineage
The principles Alexander discovered remain the same, but our understanding of how to teach them has grown considerably. I'm grateful to my teacher Don Weed, who built on the work of Marjorie Barstow to develop an approach that incorporates modern educational and scientific thinking, making the work easier to grasp and faster to apply.
What This Work Asks of You
This work asks two things of you: curiosity and a willingness to be surprised. The changes tend to come from personal insight rather than instruction. You are not told what to do differently. You discover it.