What Is The Alexander Technique?

 

 

The Alexander Technique was created to recover youthful stamina for freedom of expression. It's taught by studying the kinesthetic sense, which is our sense of bodily location and judgment of effort. Alexander Technique has practical answers for anyone in the circumstance of learning a new skill, polishing a performing art or hobby, or those who want to invent or problem solve for easier ways to move.
 

Based on reasoning, foresight and strategic thinking, Alexander Technique's systematic template for learning & revising skill building works from any starting point. Students learn effortlessness by preventing unnecessary limitations of habitually preparing to go into action.
 

The results are a signature feeling of lightness and poise. Students often experience insights about how their intentional goal may be carried more fully into results as they prefer. Alexander Technique is a new tool to tap the unknown that can be integrated into any other activity involving movement.

Who Practices Alexander Technique?

 

Anyone who wants to experience more effortlessness, flexibility, breath, tone, connectedness, stamina, expressiveness or awareness can benefit from learning Alexander Technique.

 
Performers of creative arts, sports and people who enjoy hobbies can improve their purposefulness & their capacity for freeing learning progress. For someone has not yet fully recovered from injuries or has serious movement limitations, Alexander Technique can show practical ways to mitigate or cope. Practicing these Alexander principles can entirely prevent or stop what is in the way of healing, if the causes are due to moving against how the body is designed to move.  

Learning the Technique can complete recovery, help stress related problems and provides documented easier ways to eliminate postural pain by freeing habitual movement difficulties - no matter what given situation exists.
Practicing makes routine circumstances easier, gives stamina, liveliness & awareness, and also reduces unnecessary stress. Most importantly, the Technique offers new awareness of gradual constructive progress.

 

Why the need to learn this? How do limitations happen?

Here is a page about how Alexander Technique works.

Curious what Alexander Technique really is like for yourself? The best way is to find out is to sign up for an up-coming twice weekly class series on the Big Island of Hawaii in Kamuela-Waimea. More information about these class here.

Classes start Monday Feb. 25th, '08 and continues twice weekly through Mar. 13th '08 at the Waimea Ed main building across from Parker Square. Sponsored by www.waimeaeducation.com ...unless you would prefer that an Alexander teacher come to teach your group or teach you privately in your home. You can arrange a private or shared lesson from Franis Engel by calling or emailing her on this page. In case you're not curious enough, you might want to check out this page where learners describe as they are experiencing.

If you are familiar with the Alexander Technique, report your experiences here. - anonymously if you like. If you'd like a page that will give you an idea of everything on this site, check out here,or use the buttons at the top of this page.

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