Alexander Technique

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Actors and athletes who apply the Alexander Technique


The Alexander Technique will benefit anyone whether they are an elite athlete or whether they just wish to live life without the aches and pains that many people suffer and accept as part of life. It is a pity that these techniques are not shown to us all at an early age for I have no doubt that this would alleviate many of the causes of ill health in our communities.


Greg Chappell, Australian test cricketer


The Alexander Technique works... I recommend it enthusiastically to anyone who has neck pains or back pain.


Roald Dahl, writer


Mr Alexander has done a service to the subject [of the study of reflex and voluntary movement] by insistently treating each act as involving the whole integrated individual, the whole psychophysical man. To take a step is an affair, not of this or that limb solely, but of the total neuromuscular activity of the moment, not least of the head and neck.


Sir Charles Sherrington, neurophysiologist


The Technique's many benefits for actors include minimised tension, centeredness, vocal relaxation, and responsiveness, mind/body connection and about an inch and a half of additional height.


Kevin Kline, actor


I can definitely say without hesitation that I wouldn't have had the rowing success that I have had the luxury of experiencing in my short time on the water, without finding the AT and the great teachers that I have had the privilege to work with.


Valerie Thompson-Williams, rowing masters gold medallist


The Alexander Technique makes a real difference to my often tense and busy life. Its thoughtful approach has made me calmer, improved my concentration and given me a clearer sense of my own well being. I am grateful for it.


Joan Bakewell, TV presenter and journalist


97% of people with back pain could benefit by learning the Alexander Technique - it is only a very small minority of back pain sufferers that require medical intervention such as surgery.


Dr. Jack Stern, MD


Actors and athletes who apply the Alexander Technique in their training:

Kenneth Branagh, Dame Judi Dench, James Galway, Jeremy Irons, Barry Humphries, Prunella Scales, Jennifer Saunders, Julia Sawalha, Roger Woodward, Robin Williams, Sir Paul McCartney, Paul Newman, Madonna, Sting, James Galway Kevin Kline, Daley Thompson, William Hurt, Yehudi Menuhin, John Dewey, Aldous Huxley, George Bernard Shaw, Raymond Dart, George E. Coghill, Charles Sherrington, Greg Chapel, Linford Christie, and Nobel Prize Winner in Physiology Nikolaas Tinbergen.


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