Move easily and act consciously with the Alexander Technique

The Alexander Technique is a proven method for integrating body and mind that teaches us how to go about our everyday activities with alertness, ease and balance. It is based on recognizing and discarding unfavourable habits in movement, reaction and thinking. Mental presence and coordination can free us from a multitude of restrictions, disturbances and stress and thus sustainably increase our performance, creativity and well-being. The Alexander Technique is a basic skill for life, whether at work or at home, in sport or in the arts, or in special circumstances, illness or disability.

Frederick Matthias Alexander (1869-1955)

The Australian actor and Shakespeare reciter Frederick Matthias Alexander saw his professional career jeopardized when his voice broke in the middle of his performances. Neither doctors nor voice coaches were able to provide sustained help. Only when he discovered, through years of self-observation, which bodily reactions and postures he was damaging himself with when reciting, did he find a way to regenerate and preserve his voice. It soon became apparent that the principles he had discovered could also be applied to many other unfavorable habits. This gave rise to the Alexander Technique as a method of integrating movement and thought. In its more than one hundred years of history, the Alexander Technique has become established in many countries and is taught by more than 4000 teachers worldwide.

What happens in a lesson?

In Alexander lessons, with the help of your teacher, you learn to recognize unfavorable movement and reaction patterns and to develop your self-awareness. By pausing and giving yourself mental instructions, you will learn simple principles that you can apply independently in everyday life. The teacher will support you in this process with words and pedagogically trained hands.

Posture, reaction and health

Posture and reaction have a major impact on our health: on muscle tone and joints, on nerves and blood circulation, on breathing and digestion. Alexander Technique is therefore a comprehensive form of health care that promotes performance and well-being. At the same time, it improves the conditions for the healing of many diseases. The Alexander Technique is not a treatment, but an educational method.

What you can learn

Effortlessly upright
Sit, stand and walk in a physiologically sound way
Presence and coordination in all activities
Balance, flexibility and stability
Calmness and self-confidence
Breathe, speak and perceive freely
Self-awareness and body awareness
Help for self-help

Who is the Alexander Technique suitable for?

You have temporary or chronic pain in your neck, shoulders, back or other parts of your body.
You would like to do gymnastics, yoga, jogging or other sports in a way that is appropriate for your body and with balance.
You would like to learn how your body and mind can support you in dancing, making music, acting or other arts and not stand in your way.
You have a disability and would like to learn how to deal with it differently.
You want to maintain composure and inner peace even in the hectic phases of your life.
You are young or old, strong or frail, courageous or timid.

Individual lessons

I teach the principles and practice of the Alexander Technique in one-to-one lessons. This enables me to respond to your situation and your needs and to guide your learning both with words and with pedagogically trained hands.

Please contact me by phone or email to arrange an appointment.