The Alexander Technique is a practical and thorough way of improving muscular use and regaining natural poise and comfort in balance and movement.

Lessons can ‘free up’ breathing, circulation and digestion, help with stress-related conditions and help a person to improve their skills, posture and general wellbeing.

Anyone can have Alexander Technique lessons, regardless of age or ability. We are all in possession of a muscular-skeletal system and a brain to control it. We’ve all learned to balance and move about, doing hundreds of things – we can learn to improve on those skills now.

Jenny Davy, our resident Alexander Technique teacher says “My oldest pupil was over ninety, my youngest was four and my most challenged was a boy with brain damage and hypertonia on one side of his body. The most surprising pupil was a young man who, mysteriously crippled, needed assistance to come to his lesson at a busy clinic and walked away unaided at the end, to everyone’s astonishment and actual applause. These are the extremes!”

The Alexander Technique is the only solution that can address your fundamental ‘use’ of yourself. It is based on mechanical facts rather than something you have to imagine or believe in. It is not a quick fix: it is an investment of time in lessons that do require some effort. If you want to learn, the Technique will definitely help you to feel more comfortable in yourself. Beyond that people use lessons for hundreds of reasons, some of them entirely unexpected…

In Jeenny’s experience people have reported that it has helped:  

• manage sciatica, IBS, nail-biting, all sorts of pain and discomfort, shyness, plantar fasciitis, and RSI.
• manage symptoms of scoliosis, different forms of arthritis, Parkinson’s, polio, stroke, and obesity.
• improve skill in swimming, singing, cycling, rock-climbing, voice projection, riding, and lifting.
• avoid potentially risky surgery.
• save money and time by getting straight to the root of a problem.
• Clients feel great in themselves.
• Clients feel empowered and confident.
• Jenny is currently helping a FND victim (stopping seizures, twitches, tinnitus and stammering).

Additionally, medical research has proven that the Alexander Technique can be effective in eliminating back pain and neck pain.

The Technique is also taught at many performing arts colleges worldwide, including RADA, Trinity College of Music and the Guildhall School of Music and Drama. For people who need to get the best out of their own body, with minimum wear and tear, lessons are an essential part of the curriculum.

If you would like to chat to Jenny about how Alexander Technique can help you, please get in touch for an informal chat, or a taster lesson.