Living with persistent pain can be exhausting. It impacts every area of your life.
Modern pain science recognises that the experience of pain is biopsychosocial in nature. That means it is influenced by many factors, including injury, genetics, environment, mood, stress, attention, relationships, past experience and changes in the nervous system. This does not make the pain any less real. It simply means that pain is much more complex than damage alone.
The Alexander Technique offers a practical way of exploring that complexity – and a path to resilience. Because it is an active process of learning to know and manage your responses, and not a therapy, AT gives you tools to explore how you can manage your day-to-day life. The one-on-one format of lessons means that your teacher can help you to develop strategies that work for you as an individual. Over time this leads to greater self-efficacy, taking control of your life and how you choose to live it.