When you come to me for an initial consultation we can work together to decide exactly what you want to achieve from sessions. I will then create a bespoke plan for you.
Lessons are one-to-one and last approximately 50 minutes. I will use gentle hands-on guidance and verbal explanation to help you release tension throughout your body and make you aware of your unconscious habitual mental and physical reactions to stimuli.
The Alexander Technique will help you to use your whole body, whilst paying attention to the head, neck and back relationship to prevent misuse. It will provide you with tools that you will be able to apply immediately to your daily life.
Clients often comment after a lesson that it felt like receiving an internal massage, this is because the work stimulates the vagus nerve, providing a sense of relaxation and well-being. Over time the Alexander Technique helps to quieten the autonomic nervous system, aids emotional balance (affect regulation) and clearer thinking and improves use and coordination of the whole body. It will heighten awareness skills of interoception and proprioception.
In lessons I will work with you standing up, sitting in a chair and lying down on the table in the classic semi-supine position. Initial sessions will be focused on making you aware of habitual tension patterns and then ‘letting go’ and ‘undoing’ these. Stiffness is often accompanied by poor breathing and bodily tension, so we will also work to overcome this.
After a few sessions, we can incorporate some breathwork and lessons can be further tailored to your individual needs. Sometimes people want help with a particular issue, like back pain or anxiety, or they may have a presentation or performance that they want to excel in.
Through experience and observation, gained in lessons, you will start to move more freely in your day-to-day activities. You will also develop an increased awareness which enables you to change long-standing habits and function more efficiently.
This will result in less wear and tear on the muscles, help with pain management and improve injury.
The experience gained in Alexander Technique lessons can help you to balance body and mind, achieve a greater sense of well-being and maintain healthy poise and coordination for life.
Many people are searching for something these days and I believe that it is all there in the Alexander Technique. It provides practical skills, that align with Eastern values and can be easily applied to living in the Western world.
Private one-to-one lessons are £90 per 50 min. I also offer a course of six lessons for £420 when booked in advance. Workshop prices are available on request.
