Alexander Technique

The Alexander Technique ("AT") and psychotherapy both aspire to show individuals how to make more conscious, effective and authentic choices as they navigate their way in the world. They are both educational processes. By experiencing the power and influence of unconscious, habitual behavior, the psychotherapy client and the AT student gain a deeper understanding of themselves, enabling more consciously directed and healthier responses to the stimuli received from within and from without.Active, intentional participation is a requirement in both cases if either process is to be effective.

The Alexander Technique was discovered and developed by F. Matthias Alexander (1869 - 1955). An Australian actor, F. M. Alexander developed severe laryngitis at the prime of his career. When voice teachers and physicians were not able to provide effective, long-term solutions, he began to observe himself in a wide range of activities.

As per California law, you are hereby informed that the practitioner of the Alexander Technique provided through Alexander Technique USA LLC is not a state licensed therapist, nor is a physician or surgeon, nor will such practitioner ever discourage your contacting a licensed medical professional at your discretion.

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The Congress provided a working vacation for my husband, Booth Harris, and me; he was an Event assistant and I a "senior teacher". Our fifth story dorm room windows at Loyola University's Lake Shore Campus were positioned directly over a rocky shoreline overlooking Lake Michigan. Though rarely in our room other than to sleep during the almost week-long Congress at Loyola, we were easily lulled into slumber on resilient dormitory twin beds by soothing summer lake breezes and gentle lapping waves.Over 600 Alexander Technique ("AT") teachers and teacher-trainees (and students) attended from all parts of the world.