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What is it?
 The Alexander Technique is a powerful tool for personal change. It is a process of re-education that offers liberation from unhelpful habits that may contribute towards discomfort and illness. Although difficult to describe, the experience of lessons offers a sense of ease and wellbeing.
The Alexander Technique is holistic. It examines the cause of a person’s problems rather than simply treating the symptoms, and therefore specific problems are often resolved in the process. Pupils gradually learn to apply the technique for themselves and engage in ongoing self-practice. The benefits are general and wide-ranging and can include lasting improvements in physical and mental health.
Mind and Body
 The Alexander Technique is not just about bodies, even though many come with physical troubles. Alexander claimed that the mind and body are really aspects of a unified psychophysical self. For example, a migraine headache may be connected to the stress of deadlines, and a collapsed posture to an attitude of resignation.
Alexander pupils can expect a growing understanding of themselves as they actively participate in the adventures of everyday life. They realise that their own narratives are dramatised on the stage of their bodies. The Alexander Technique encourages a change in the quality of thinking which informs and transforms the body, rather than directly demanding a change in posture. The technique emphasises self-responsibility, and along with postural and muscular release, it can lead to emotional growth and healing.
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"If you will let me raise the standard of your vital capacity and teach you to use yourself properly, you can eat anything and not hurt yourself."
- F M Alexander
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