This is my favourite Alexander Technique game.  It helps with posture and with walking, and it lifts your mood on even the darkest days.  You work indirectly to trick your perceptual and balance systems into making subtle but powerful changes. You can do this indoors, but it’s best to try outside. (more…)

As well as being great exercise, walking is a wonderful time to work with some Alexander Technique ideas.  It doesn’t have to be a walk in a special place, just your regular trudge to the station will do.  Here’s four tips to try out: (more…)

It’s a bright, sunny autumn day today in London. There’s a chill in the air, an exciting touch of coldness cutting through the warmth. The sky is an astonishing shade of blue, almost purple, and it’s clear. The deep red brick of the buildings opposite me is singing out. Up the road in Queen’s Square, instead of the usual London grey, greens meet oranges, browns and yellows in the trees, gardens and lawns.

On a beautiful day like today it’s easy to notice the colours around me. Colours give us a chance to work on vision, and using your eyes well is an important part of Alexander work.   (more…)