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From the performing arts to the office, from leisure time to sport, the Alexander Technique is an excellent resource in building a heightened awareness of coordinated motion, sensing the body in space and detecting body position and weight.

 

​The Alexander Technique is a gentle approach to re-patterning and addresses chronic discomforts and imbalances as you discover more grace and ease in your posture, your breathing and daily activities. 

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Sessions can develop: 

  • Greater awareness of your use

  • Skills to re-pattern tension

  • More freedom in your activities

  • Fuller breathing without pushing or forcing the breath

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Dynamics that influence our posture:

  • Our thoughts

  • The way we breathe​ & speak​​​

  • Past and present experiences & beliefs

  • Traumas

  • Habits

  • Professional demands

  • Aging

  • Unconscious and stuck stress

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The Alexander Technique

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Musicians and the Alexander Technique
Lessons in the Alexander Technique

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Lessons in the Alexander Technique re-educate the muscular skeletal system and builds kinesthetic awareness around postural dynamics in simple to more complex daily activities.​ Lessons assist in creating a heightened awareness of how our movements coordinate and integrate, resulting in balanced, graceful and stress free movement.

 

For dancers, musicians, actors, singers and professional athletes, our bodies are an essential component to our craft. The Alexander Technique fine tunes our awareness which supports the demands of technical training, frees expression in performance and provides longevity by caring for the body.​ 

 

For people who sit and or stand for long periods, or use repetitive actions, the Alexander Technique is an excellent resource in identifying unconscious stress patterns that create pain and discomfort. Lessons in the Alexander Technique re-pattern the way in which one uses the body.

F.M. Alexander

 

Frederick Matthias Alexander 1869-1955 was an Australian actor suffering from periodic vocal problems that threatened to ruin his career. Frustrated by medical treatments that provided only temporary relief, Alexander took it upon himself to discover the contributing factors that lead to the loss of his voice.

 

Careful self-observation with the aid of mirrors, patience and meticulous analysis of kinesthetic response to stimulus allowed Alexander to transform his own vocal condition. His remarkable achievements during the course of a decade formulated the foundational principles of what is now known as the Alexander Technique.

F.M. Alexander Technique

"The Alexander skills you taught me have been helpful in an unexpected way. About six months ago I developed swelling and pain in my ankles and feet. I'm less uncomfortable now, thanks to anti-inflammatory drugs, though the cause of the problem is undiagnosed.The pain and swelling made me walk awkwardly, and it occurred to me that I was at risk of getting habituated to walking more and more awkwardly and so causing myself more and more harm.

 

I used the Alexander skills you taught me to minimize the awkwardness to what was necessary to accommodate the pain and swelling and to keep more awkwardness from building on it. Another benefit: the medical problem weakened me generally, and using Alexander skills conserved my remaining strength. Two important helps I didn't anticipate when I was taking lessons.

 

Thanks again for your excellent instruction."

Bill Rife

"I rarely suffer anything like the discomfort or pain I had when I first came to see you.

I am still playing baseball, pitching, and still reasonably effective, even though the league has lowered the minimum age to 25 and I am not getting any younger.

 

I think about my posture many, many times a day, and try to practice what you have taught me. ​I am glad to hear that you are back teaching, because I really think you do a terrific job!

 

Thanks so much for what you have given/taught me"​.

H. Levin

"Rita is more than an Alexander Technique practitioner. She is an artist, a gifted dancer and dance teacher, someone with a lifelong dedication to learning about the wisdom of the body and helping others to benefit from what she has learned.

 

Recently, in preparation for presenting an original performance piece at a national conference, I attended a four-week series taught by Rita. Each week we learned about freeing a different area of the body. The awareness I received from these classes has stayed with me, initiating a ripple effect of expansion and release that enhances every aspect of my life, from playing music to typing at the computer, teaching, conducting, performing, sleeping, running, visiting my family, working in my garden."

 

L. Kohler

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