Alexander Technique is a system of education that guides students to gain insight into their postural and movement habits. Alexander Technique teachers use verbal cues combined with gentle touch to direct their students’ learning as they discover and repattern habitual movement paradigms and reclaim their freedom of choice in movement. Alexander Technique explores movement through the practice of mindfulness applied to biomechanics. Students learn to observe bodily tensions which have been restricting their choices in motion and develop new neuromuscular coordination patterns that bring ease to their movement in daily life as well as complex activities.

The motivations of people utilizing the Alexander Technique are as varied as their goals. Many students use AT to find relief from pain due to chronic bodily tensions. Athletes and musicians often study with the goal of gaining insight into the complex biomechanics involved in their undertaking. Students can choose to study any movement including daily tasks such as walking, sitting, or standing or more complex actions such as playing a sport or musical instrument. All movements benefit from the mindful, analytical body-mind integrating approach of Alexander Technique.