Life asks a lot of us – work, family, finances, relationships, technology, deadlines.
Many of us spend our days moving from one demand to the next, often without noticing what is happening in ourselves along the way. Our shoulders tighten, our breathing becomes shallow, we rush our movements and lose touch with our own experience.
Alexander Technique attends to where stress shows up in your body, helping you recognise how unconscious patterns of tension are wired into your response to stress. As you become more aware of your patterns, new choices become more possible. It is a process of presence and mindfulness.
Learning to release the tension in your neck and shoulders, for instance, doesn’t just ease your physical discomfort, it sends signals to your brain that the perceived threat is lessening. You create a positive feedback loop – less physical tension leads to a calmer nervous system, which in turn makes it easier to react with less tension in stressful situations.
The pressures of life will still be there. Alexander Technique empowers you to develop the awareness, resilience and coordination to meet them.