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Alexander Technique – AT is a way of letting go of tension patterns in your body that are getting in the way of the full expression of being you – in your movement and in your day-to-day life. Through gentle guidance both verbal and hands-on you learn to pay attention to your body sense and understand how your thoughts influence the way you feel. The result is greater ease and lightness and reduced effort and discomfort.
Research has proven the success of AT for neck and back pain, Parkinson’s and postural tone. However the benefits are wide-ranging and in my experience can bring about improvement in such diverse areas as depression, breathing, performance anxiety, public speaking, hypermobilty, sensory processing, pregnancy, posture, work-related strain and simply the stress that we all experience at some time in our lives.
AT is a unique somatic practice that helps you connect your body and mind and find balance in being you.
I trained in the UK under Danny McGowan, qualifying as a full teaching member of STAT in 2015. Since then I have taught individuals and groups in the UK, Italy and New Zealand.
I take continuing professional development seriously, keeping abreast of trends in neuroscience and medical research. I have also studied body mapping with US teacher Robyn Avalon.
I first came across the Alexander Technique when I was a student at Cambridge University and took lessons. They helped me not to hunch over my books. They also made me feel as if I was walking on air.
After living in the UK, Germany and most recently Calabria in southern Italy, I now live on Waiheke Island with my partner and three children.