In particular, exposure to the Alexander Technique has enabled me to break self-perpetuating circuits of pain associated with inflammatory conditions by focusing on inhibiting learned muscle tensing habits which feed on pain and each other. The Alexander Technique also gave me greater awareness of how to use of my body as a mechanical apparatus and how to use physical force in a proportionate way.

Not only have I gained better posture from this experience but it supported the development of alternative psychological approaches in how “not to react” to events or at least, “to react in a proportionate way.”

E Samuel, diplomat, age 35