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Benefits of the Alexander Technique
The Alexander Technique can identify harmful patterns of tensions that are the cause of pain and stress. Lessons can bring about long lasting improvements that enable you to move with more ease, freedom and less pain. Learning the technique has a positive impact on overall well-being as well as mental and physical health. Here are some of the key benefits:
Long lasting relief from pain
The Alexander Technique has been proved to be effective in alleviating various types of pain. By addressing the root cause of pain, such as poor posture or misuse of the body, you can experience long lasting improvements from pain and discomfort.
The Alexander Technique can help with a variety of conditions, including:
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Clinical research trial
A research study in the British Medical Journal shows that the Alexander Technique has long term benefits for patients with chronic back pain.
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Just 6 sessions resulted in a 48% reduction in days of having back pain. Quality of life also improved significantly.
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The Alexander Technique benefits people long-term due to their active participation in the Technique's learning process
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Improved posture & alignment
The Alexander Technique helps you to develop an improved awareness of your alignment, allowing you to regain a more balanced posture and efficient use of yourself.
In sessions, reestablishing the head, neck and back relationship through gentle hands on guidance helps the spine to lengthen and decompress, allowing natural, effortless posture to be regained. Alexander Technique sessions help improve the deeper postural support muscles so that the superficial muscles can begin to release and let go. This helps to reduce pain, improves overall well-being and increases energy levels as the body does not have to work so hard to keep upright!
Increased mobility & flexibility
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Excessive muscular tension is a common barrier to fluid movement and can lead to discomfort, stiffness, and limited mobility. Through gentle hands on guidance, verbal instructions and self observation, the Alexander Technique provides tools to identify and release such tension, allowing muscles to work more efficiently. By reducing unnecessary effort and strain, you can experience increased ease of movement, enhanced flexibility, and a greater range of motion.
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Through sessions, body awareness is also increased, enabling you to recognise and release patterns of tension and strain. This self-awareness can extend beyond lessons allowing more freedom of movement and ease when performing everyday activities
Enhanced performance
The Alexander Technique is widely recognised as a valuable resource for performers, including musicians, actors, dancers, and athletes. By refining body awareness, coordination and releasing unnecessary tension, they can enhance their performance skills, increase efficiency of movement, and prevent injury.
Reduced stress and improve breathing
The Alexander Technique offers valuable tools to help you manage stress and anxiety. Our lives are so busy, but learning to slow down can lead to a happier and healthier life. With lessons, you can understand how to recognise your patterns that accumulate in stressful situations and learn how to pause, take a breath and make conscious choices so that tensions can be released.
Breathing is a fundamental part of life but stresses can lead to shallow, inefficient breathing patterns. The Alexander Technique places a strong emphasis on breath awareness, helping you to rediscover your natural, unrestricted breathing.
Improve horse riding skills
If a horse rider is carrying stiffness, tension or pain in their muscles it interferes with their ability to move with the horse as they are transferring this tension through to the horse. The Alexander Technique teaches horse riders to release unnecessary tension, allowing for smoother and more fluid, integrated movements.
Sessions can lead to better balance and body alignment on the horse, which results in a better relationship between the horse and the rider. By using themselves in a more coordinated way, the rider can better understand why a horse might be resisting and can help the horse move more freely, preventing injuries.