With the Alexander Technique you can look and feel better, improve your vitality and mobility, and relax more and stress less. Musicians learn the technique so that they can perform without tension and actors so that they can speak and move freely.

But, to be honest,  most people initially come to the Technique because they are in some physical difficulty or pain.

The British Medical Journal recently published the results of a clinical trial investigating whether the AT could help with back pain. The result was an emphatic yes -- the conclusion was that "One-to-one lessons in the Alexander technique from registered teachers have long term benefits for patients with chronic back pain." (Link to bmj article).

Apart from back pain, the Technique can help prevent or alleviate neck and shoulder pain, poor postural and breathing habits, RSI, digestive and other problems due to stress and anxiety, plus post operative and injury pain and rehabilitation.

It is something you can practice anywhere and at any time - standing at a bus stop, in the build-up before an important meeting or presentation, in the dentist's chair, when the world is driving you mad, or when making dinner, playing tennis or enjoying a work-out at the gym.