"After practicing the Alexander Technique, my family and I have noticed with growing amazement striking improvements in such diverse things as high blood pressure, breathing, depth of sleep, overall cheerfulness and mental alertness, resilience against outside pressures, and a refined skill in playing a stringed instrument."
Professor Nikolaas Tinbergen,
Scientist, 1973 Nobel Prize
for Physiology/Medicine

For health and well-being
Generally speaking, those people who learn the Alexander Technique find that they are better able to deal with daily stresses and tensions as well as develop strategies and solutions towards dealing with chronic pain and illness.
The Alexander Technique helps people prevent injury and recover from chronic back, hip and neck disorders, traumatic or repetitive strain injuries, posture , balance and coordination disorders, arthritis, rheumatism and muscle spasms. It can also be helpful for people with asthma, general breathing problems and stress-related disorders, such as migraine headaches, sleep disorders, anxiety and panic attacks.

Skill enhancement
The Alexander Technique is used widely in the performing arts and sports, where poise and balance are essential for the professional and amateur alike.
Actors, musicians, dancers and sports people learn the technique to avoid injury, improve co-ordination and balance, and enhance spontaneity and performance skills.
Sports and fitness enthusiasts can improve strength flexibility, endurance, timing, efficiency and to be on form more consistently. By demonstrating principles of efficient movement, the Alexander teacher offers the fitness enthusiast a way to prevent injury and gain better results.
Musicians dancers, public speakers and actors use the Alexander Technique in the pursuit of excellence in performance. Reducing performance anxiety, lessening the likelihood of injury, enhancing stage presence and improving vocal projection are some of the benefits for performers.

Personal growth and mental health
The Alexander Technique can facilitate a deeper understanding of the self, facilitating creativity, awareness, greater energy and self-confidence in our lives.

Through developing ease in movement and improved poise, the Alexander Technique can provide clues to how our physical tensions are linked to our emotions. As we learn to unravel our physical habits, we learn to work with our emotional habits too.

The Alexander Technique provides a learning methodology of continuous refinement and improvement in all areas of our lives and can be applied anywhere and at anytime: at home, working in the office, at school, performing on stage and during sports and leisure activities.