Change involves bringing the person's attention to excess muscular effort and using the joints efficiently. I help the employee to change the use of her hands, arms and shoulders, leading to decreased tension. For example, instead of reaching for the phone with a habitually tight neck and heavy grab, your employee can learn to react differently. The workshop uses explanation, reading material, guidance and suggestions for observing and changing ways of working. Please call or email the following medical professionals who have had experience with the Alexander Technique and have referred their patients.
Weekly reinforcement is the best way to change ingrained ways, cultivated over many years.
During an individual lesson, we look at how sitting, standing, reaching, walking, and bending can be easier and lighter - until the new ways become part of you. This usually takes seveal months as lifetime habits feel comfortable even if they lead to pain. Part of each lesson you lie down, fully clothed, on a padded table. You lay with your head supported and your knees bent. Lying down takes full advantage of gravity, the teacher's guidance, and is very relaxing.