Posture and Poise

The Alexander Technique teaches awareness of unnecessary effort or tension and how to minimize that extra tension or collapse. You learn an optimal balance of your musculoskeletal system in sitting, standing, walking and all your daily activities.
Most people don’t balance well, even when sitting or standing still. Instead, they sit or stand in an off-balance position and stiffen to avoid falling. Typically, these positions include too much compression on various parts of the body, especially the lower back, and stiffened ankles, locked-back knees, forwards-poking neck and pulled-down head.

Once you learn an ideal balance in sitting and standing, you can apply that ease to your movement and entire postural state.

With this easier relationship to your body, you enhance your grace and poise, and learn to function in stressful situations while keeping your cool.

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