What is the Alexander Technique?
		Trying to sum up the Alexander Technique in a few words is something many teachers much wiser than me have been grappling with for years. I find the best way of explaining it is to suggest that people observe young children and notice how effortlessly they stand up, sit down and generally move around. Then I ask the same people to look at adults or, better still, themselves. They usually see clumsy, exaggerated movements, round shoulders, bent backs and a general pulling down of the body. This "shrinking" of the body brings with it consequences that range from the uncomfortable to the disastrous. Headaches, backaches, stiff necks, shoulder pains and tiredness are all common ills that can arise from the habitual bad way we carry ourselves. Modify these habits and our whole feeling towards ourselves, others, life and the universe can magically change. In short, the Alexander Technique is a way of re-educating the body to help it find again the same childlike freedom that most of us somehow lost along the way to adulthood.