Transforming Lives Through Health

The Alexander Technique isn't just about improving posture—it's a varied and wide subject with multiple applications. In the context of family life, this method can have a transformative impact.  

When you first arrive in the world you experience many things for the first time. You begin to learn how to move through your sensory experience and increase your sensory perception of the world around you.  The head is one of the first things that you are able to recognize that you have a conscious connection with and can choose how to move it. Sounds can influence how you attend to the world beyond yourself. Slowly you learn how to move in gravity wordlessly.  Children, despite what you might think, have a much better relationship with their sensory appreciation both within and without than adults.  Simply because adults have over developed, and practiced other skills deemed to be more important at the expense of their sensory appreciation.

There are many skills learned in an Alexander lesson, including to reestablish sensory appreciation. To be more in tune with how you are experiencing yourself within and without simultaneously. 

In a busy household, with constant demands and activities, it's easy to fall into habits of rushing or carrying physical stress without realizing it.  Alexander work provides a simple means whereby parents can effectively fine tune their sense of self on the go, helping family members change unnecessary strain, whether it’s from lifting groceries, sitting at the dinner table, or even managing the everyday hustle of getting ready for school. Recognizing how to stop, to make self changes on the go while creating and taking a moment to be more available to yourself can be very liberating.

It takes time to effectively meet and work to reintegrate the unconscious habits we have collected.  The skills are relatively simple and can often seem like common sense.  Yet putting them into practice can feel like a huge obstacle especially when we are  so used to problem solving in a particular way.  None the less it is well worth taking your time to work in this way. Because eventually it will become second nature and a go to for reseting on the go.

Benefit from the ability to maintain your energy, to engage with your children without the burden of physical discomfort. Modeling self-care and body awareness for younger family members, fostering a more relaxed environment where everyone can thrive. By incorporating simple principles of the Alexander work into daily routines, families can experience greater harmony, improved communication, and less stress naturally.

• Weekly Group Class: September 16th through May 11th, Tuesdays 2:00pmEST, $600.
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