The Alexander Technique is a practical method for becoming more aware of how you coordinate yourself in everyday activities such as standing, walking, sitting and speaking.

F. M. Alexander (1869-1955) was a Tasmanian actor and reciter who developed persistent problems with his voice. When medical treatment brought only temporary relief, he began investigating what he was doing while speaking.

He discovered that, in preparing to speak, he habitually tightened his neck and interfered with the natural relationship between his head, neck and back. Through careful observation and experiment, he developed a way of stopping these habitual responses and approaching movement and activity differently.

As his voice improved, he began to recognise the wider implications of his discoveries. He developed a method of re-education that could be applied to the way we move and respond to everyday life.

Alexander described his work in terms of ‘re-education and coordination’.

The Alexander Technique is taught at drama and music schools all over the world.