If you suffer from stiff shoulders it can be useful to try out arm movements while lying in semi supine. Lying down means that your arm...

Many of us have jobs that involve a lot of sittings, at a desk, or in meetings. And then in our leisure time we sit at the table, or on...

Here are some reminders of points that I usually cover in a first Alexander Technique lesson and a reminder to lie down in semi-supine posit

I was discussing tennis with a new student who has been a tennis coach. I said that Roger Federer is held up by Alexander Technique...

This person is not sitting on her sitting bones. Her pelvis is tipped backwards and the natural curves of her back are pushed backwards...

This tree started life straight . It isn't a bent variety. It's a hawthorn growing on an exposed hillside on the South Downs. It has been...

Alexander Technique is most commonly taught in 1:1 lessons. Lessons usually last 45 minutes, during which the teacher will use their...

Here is Christopher Reeves transforming nto Superman: It's a lovely example of 'non doing' - in order to become superman you can see him...

For new students of the Alexander Technique the world can become a strange place. Everywhere they look they see distortion and tension,...

A toddler demonstrates the difference between end-gaining and intent: One of Alexander's most perceptive discoveries is that our physical...

When my pupils are struggling with the concept of restoring the relationship of the head, neck and back (or more simply the head and...

If you read my previous blog post you will know that I have suffered a lot of hand, arm and wrist pain over the years and that eventually...

My wrist problems seemed to start in 2003 when I was spending a year studying music at the Kodály Institute in Kecskemét, Hungary. Eager...

For over 20 years I have been working in primary schools around London teaching classes of 30 children musicianship through singing. I...