Since ALEXANDER TECHNIQUE was mentioned in this forum a few months back in this thread Alexander Technique, I have been taking a weekly lesson to improve my BODY LANGUAGE & POSTURE and hopefully to alleviate the BACK PAINS I have been experiencing for many years.

ALEXANDER TECHNIQUE EXPLAINED
Ever since I got involved with this, I have been watching the posture and movements of my children, I must say what a joy to watch. Amazingly, I was once was a child with such incredible posture/movements. But as I/we start to grow older and tense ourselves in reaction to life's worries and concerns, our posture deteriorates, often quite seriously. Our shoulders may become hunched, our necks stiff, and we sit either slumped or holding ourselves in a rigid upright position.

Inappropriate muscular tension creates an interference with these reflexes and the result is that many of us move in ways that are awkward and inefficient. This can give rise to a wide range of common ailments such as arthritis, neck and back pain, migraine and sciatica.

Many of our postural problems can be traced to over-tensed neck muscles that interfere with the free movement of the head in relationship to the spine. If this freedom is not present it will be impossible to obtain any lasting ease elsewhere in the body. This freedom of movement requires that the head balance lightly on the top of the spine. This in turn allows all the other mechanisms and reflexes throughout our body to work as nature intended - our spine becomes longer, our neck becomes freer and all our joints and muscles function with a minimum of excess tension.

In my sessions, Im taught using both verbal instructions and the physical guidance of my teacher's hands. There is no manipulation, just ways to help discover new ways of sitting, standing, breathing and moving that put less pressure on the body and allow to perform all my daily activities with greater ease and efficiency.

The Technique is not a 'quick fix' and the process does take time - the only requirements are patience, and a willingness to learn about yourself.

Price: £39/hour

Ratings: *****

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I thought I would also recomend a book here, I have read a few books on alexander technique and also completing 30 lessons!! the reason I studied alexander technique through playing guitar for long hours I would be in pain after long sessions with the guitar anyway.

The technique also gets you put of Habitual pattern, Like responding to certain nosies in return you miss use your body!

The book explains far better than I could.

'the alexander technique' a skill for life by Pedro de Alcantara.

No way, I had no idea such a thing existed!
Great review, I will deffo get a book when I've read my current pile.

I was in the library before and I saw a book on the Alexander Technique, I was flicking through and seemed pretty interesting. I’ve been looking at ways of correcting posture ever since yoga got me interested in Asana in general.

I remember there being a thread on here about it so I thought I’d get it and read up on it here to see if it was worth dedicating my time to. I didn’t realise it was Legend who posted it, that means I can ask him about it next time I see him.

That’s one good thing about this place; you can check out products and technique before deciding if its complete dickery.