The Alexander Technique is successfully being employed by martial artists, actors, dancers and gymnasts all over the world.
The Alexander Technique is an invaluable tool for people who want to practice Yoga, Tai Chi, Pilates or Qi Gong.
Through lessons in the Alexander Technique you will raise your level of perception, regardless of activity: you will notice things you did not notice before.
Because the unconscious tensions people carry will be brought into any activity they choose to perform, it is vital to learn to notice what actually is going on. There are no “exercises” in the Alexander Technique: a traditional “exercise” is according to the Alexander Technique a mechanical repetition of a state that per definition will include all unconscious tension an individual is already carrying.
Some people are quite surprised when they for the first time get to experience what in the Alexander Technique is reffered to as “Faulty sensory appreciation”: Through long-standing habitual behaviour ineffective and destructive modes of operating come to feel normal and natural – up to the point where the information going from the body to the conscious mind is completely distorted and unreliable.
A person may always lift his shoulders when he takes a deep breath, another will habitually retract his head and compress his spine when he wants to sing.
Through gradually learning with the Alexander Technique, what you are really doing, you can rapidly improve your performance, think clearer and enjoy your practice in a fuller, more natural way.
