Carl Trimmer MSTAT

Teacher of The Alexander Technique

The Alexander Technique

The Technique

The Alexander Technique helps us understand that the subconscious and habitual way in

which we carry out many movements and activities is not necessarily the best way of

going about things.

Instead, it offers us the opportunity to bring these activities into our conscious control,

giving us the ability  to allow a more natural, considered and efficient way of doing

them.

Over the years our structure is effected by a multitude of influences, such as gravity,

carrying  schoolbooks and shopping, emotional issues, poor seating, imitation of peers

posture (teenage slump), and many many more. All of these hinder the bodies natural

expansiveness, and encourage us to use much more effort and muscle tension  than is

really necessary.

Unfortunately, as we continue to be influenced by these things, the bodies natural

sensory mechanism becomes less able to distinguish between what 'feels right' and what

is its natural, balanced condition.

The Alexander Technique allows us to gradually re-educate this sensory mechanism by

making us aware of how we react to stimuli, such as standing, sitting, lifting, walking etc,

and then allowing us to consciously decide if we wish to carry on like that, or instead

choose an alternative way.

This ability to consciously choose how we react at the time of a stimulus creates the

opportunity to avoid many of the habits that we have, to enjoy freer and easier

movement and release destructive muscle patterns. As this change takes place, many

seemingly unrelated medical problems can ease or disappear completely.