How can the Alexander Technique help you?
The
Alexander
Technique is a form of education that has many benefits, some of which
are therapeutic. These benefits occur indirectly, as a result of
learning not to interfere with natural poise and functioning. Many students report
feeling lighter, easier and generally more "up" afterwards.
Benefits
for everybody:
- Avoid the mis-use of yourself that leads to discomfort, pain, and injury.
- "Keep your cool" as you face unexpected circumstances.
- Gain skills in living in the moment, changing habits, and conscious awareness.
- Boost your overall health by avoiding habits that interfere with your natural functioning.
- Expand your ability to give attention to the process rather than focusing only on the goal.
- Diminish pre-concieved notions and fixed ideas.
- Cultivate a "readiness" for whatever situation you face today.
- Find your inner- and outer-calm, balance, and centeredness.
Benefits for
performers:
Get
past the invisible barriers to
performing at your highest level.- Deal with performance anxiety and fear.
- Avoid the mis-use of yourself that leads to discomfort, pain, and injury.
- "Keep your cool" as you face unexpected performance situations.
- Shed the habits that
get in the way of easy, commanding
performances.
- And everything
listed under "Benefits for
everybody."
Benefits
for people with
pain:
- Alleviate
discomfort, pain, and injury by avoiding the
habits that interfere with natural functioning.
- Learn to stop reacting to life with too much effort (trying too hard) or too little effort (collapsing, giving in), each of which represents a mis-use of yourself. Find the balance.
- And everything listed under "Benefits for everybody."