With hands on guidance and verbal instruction, Eve will guide you through movements that will teach you to release muscular tension and other habitual patterns that can be the cause of tension and pain. In a lesson, you will improve your kinesthetic awareness and gain a greater understanding of how your thoughts and habits of movement are inextricably connected. Gradually, with this re-education, you will be able to recognize and reduce habitual patterns and start to experience ease and live more mindfully

 
 

in a LESSON you will:

Receive hands on guidance & feedback

Re-learn basic movements of standing, sitting & walking

Learn the practice of letting go of unnecessary tension and effort while using constructive thinking


LESSON fees

Private Individual Lessons (45 minutes) $95

5-Lesson Package $450

10-Lesson Package $800

T: 914.921.2400

Email: evesilver33@gmail.com

 

The Principle Behind It

 

The basic premise is that the relationship between the head and neck is vital for ease of movement. As children we naturally move with ease but gradually lose it in response to stresses and strains of adult life. Specifically, we develop unnecessary habits of muscular tension and, over time, these habits add stress on our bodies affecting breathing, posture, attitude and comfort. By learning how to stop interfering with our natural functioning, the Alexander Technique teaches you to stand easily at our full height leading to freedom of movement, good posture, easy breathing, confidence and general wellbeing.

 

Who was F.M. Alexander?

 

Frederick Matthias Alexander (1869-1955) was an Australian Shakespearean actor who developed his technique to overcome debilitating laryngitis he experienced on stage. When medical professionals were unable to diagnose or treat his condition he reasoned it must have been brought on by something he was doing on stage, specifically the way he was using his body. As he began observing himself he noticed habits he was unaware of involving excess tension. He then went about developing a technique to undo these habits and regain a natural poise that had been eroded by a lifetime of accumulating habits. He began to teach this method in Australia with remarkable success, and in 1904 moved to London, from there his work has spread all over the world.

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