Most of us spend our days looking at screens, reading, driving, concentrating and processing large amounts of visual information. We become so focused on what we are looking at that we often lose awareness of how we are looking. The result can be fatigue, tension and a sense of disconnection from the wider environment.
Rather than focussing solely on the eyes, Alexander Technique recognises that vision is connected to attention, movement, balance and the way we organise ourselves as a whole person.
By changing your overall patterns of tension you can explore a more relaxed and spacious way of engaging with the visual world. As awareness develops, many students report feeling less strained, more connected to their surroundings and better able to shift attention between detail and the bigger picture.