You are a whole person.
In the Alexander Technique, the mind and body are viewed as one connected whole. Embodied wholeness is approached from a practical and common sense perspective. Learning the Technique, means learning about your whole self in action.
The force of habit.
Habits are essential – but they can also become miscalibrated. The way we move today makes it more likely we’ll move the same way tomorrow. We create a feedback loop in which the busiest patterns survive. Over time, familiar patterns reinforce themselves. Learning to recognize how habit shapes your daily function is at the heart of the Alexander Technique.
Head, spine, and pelvis are primary.
An appropriate, ever-changing relationship between the head, spine, and pelvis is the hallmark of the Alexander Technique – whether you’re standing tall, bending down, or sitting at a desk, this relationship is always changing and adapting. Most lessons center on building awareness around this relationship in activity and rest.
Inhibition: find the pause
Inhibition is the practice of pausing before reacting out of habit. It’s learning to “hold your horses”—to notice an impulse and choose not to rush in automatically. That small moment of space makes room for something new to happen.
Direction: close the Gap
Direction is the positive side of inhibition. It’s learning how to think in activity—how to consciously guide yourself toward ease and coordination. Over time, this closes the gap between what you intend to do and what your body actually does, giving you more choice and freedom in how you move.
CURIOUS?
The best way to understand the Alexander Technique is to experience it.