My interest in the Alexander Technique started after 25 years of back pain.
Again and again, I looked for something or some way of getting relief. Previously, I had sought treatment in osteopathy, acupuncture and chiropractic and conventional medicine and although each of these helped for a while, the pain always returned. Alexander Technique showed me that the way I was thinking and acting in my everyday activites was the root cause of the pain. Through regular lessons I learned that I could end this self-imposed interference and enjoy not just freedom from pain but continual improvement.
I’d always led an active life and played rugby for 20 years. At the time I came across the Alexander Technique, I’d been involved in the study of martial arts which was helping with my flexibility but I still felt hampered by the back pain and that prevented me developing the martial arts.
For the first 20 years of my working life the work I did was extremely physical and the back pain meant that I was in effect ‘disabled’ on numerous occasions. I therefore took up managing building construction sites to get away from the impact of the physical work.
In 2000, I began studying the Alexander Technique and very quickly felt the benefits in a number of areas of my life: The Alexander Technique helped in the movement aspects of the martial arts. I found I could do more with less effort and movement became simplified. The clarity of my thinking improved immensely through working with the Alexander Technique and the studying I then undertook to become a teacher.
I look forward to sharing my knowledge with you.