The Alexander Technique restores balance, posture and freedom of movement. It teaches practical self-management through a constructive control of habit and reaction. It is often used to assist with rehabilitation, pain management and stress relief. Athletes and sports-people also find their abilities are enhanced. Learning AT involves hands-on work, coaching in practical activity and often includes time lying on a table.
Private lessons are usual, however group work can be fun and effective.
Students learn to apply Alexander's discoveries in all aspects of their lives. Alexander Teachers are professionally trained. Most training regimes are full-time over several years. Teachers generally belong to an Alexander teaching society which regulates training and professional ethics. Teachers vary in their approach to teaching, but all base their work on the work of F.M. Alexander and the few Master Teachers he trained.