READ WHAT MY STUDENTS SAY

It helped me to overcome RSI
Geraldine's teaching of the Alexander Technique helped me to overcome repetitive strain injury. My posture has improved enormously and my back feels stronger and freer.

Rachel

Back ache sorted and more control
I had only a vague idea what the Alexander Technique was when I started – I just wanted something that would sort out my bad back.
After lessons with Geraldine my back ache has gone and I'm more relaxed and comfortable in the way I stand, walk and sit.
But the best thing is that I now feel I have more control over what happens to my body. I know how to prevent problems happening in the first place.

Andrew

The pain has gone completely
I was recommended by a friend who, like me, suffered from a back injury. Since practising this technique daily the pain has completely gone. I also have benefits such as reduced tension, lower stress, more confidence and clearer speaking. Geraldine was thorough and highly professional.

David

Now I feel
balanced again
Geraldine and the Alexander Technique have allowed me to release the tension in my body that I had thought of as normal. I now feel balanced and it's helped me regain the height l lost after an illness.

Tony

A difference after
the first session
After my first session I felt a difference. I am now more aware of the tension in my body. I do get sports injuries, but they seem more short-term. What were regular headaches have disappeared. I wholeheartedly recommend the AT and Geraldine.

Anthony

Neither intrusive nor a waste of time
I thought the Alexander Technique might be either intrusive or a waste of time. It is neither. Geraldine started to make a difference straight away with a gentle approach which reduced stress rather than adding to it.

Tim

 

Case studies

ANNA, a young woman, was recovering from the trauma of an operation and had lost confidence. She was depressed and struggling to enjoy being the mother of a young child because her energy levels were at rock bottom. She had trained in drama and knew many relaxation techniques; but these were not helping her.

I gave her lessons that helped her to re-establish a healthy connection with her body. The knock to her self confidence had lead her to increase the levels of tension held in her skeletal muscles. This affected her inner balance, making it feel as if she was struggling to get about with all the brakes on. Her methods of relaxation made her muscular system floppy. She needed to re-establish a healthy and conscious control of her neuro-muscular system.

ROB, A young middle-aged man, had a back ache most of the time and headaches sometimes. He was otherwise healthy and had taken part in strenuous sport throughout his life – cold-water swimming; cycling; and triathlons. His two children and wife kept him young. He had a successful career.

I gave him lessons in the AT where he learned that he could free himself to improve his performance levels, rather than working against himself. The aches and pains went away. He had interfered with his body’s inner balance and, because he was holding tension in some muscles, he was using the wrong muscles in the wrong way to achieve things. His approach to physical activity was like a bull in a china shop. The body, like a piece of machinery, if used inappropriately does not perform well and will break down.

RUTH, A young elderly lady, was fed up with feeling less flexible. This was affecting her enjoyment of life; everything was hurting at different times. She went to a dance class, which was a struggle; walked every day, but had given up long walks. She used orthoses in her shoes because, otherwise, her feet, knees and hips hurt. So she had to wear what she considered ugly shoes. I gave her lessons and she was able to throw her orthoses away, rejoin The Ramblers and enjoy dancing. Ruth had lost the ability to use herself in balance, so had adapted by tightening up muscles in an attempt to get about.

The Alexander Technique works because people learn to release what is interfering with the good use of their bodies.

*These stories are amalgamations of various students of mine and all names have been changed.