“I study Alexander because I feel it gives me a technique to evolve myself.  It gives me a means to access a very fundamental coordination – and engaging with this is consistently associated with more success and enjoyment in whatever I am doing.  New doors open, I find I have more and more choice in [...]

The Alexander Technique has become an indispensable aspect of my pianistic performance and practice. It has complemented, informed and enhanced my musical education, and taken my development well beyond what conventional music education did.

The Technique has influenced countless aspects of performance. It influences audiences; it changes the music and makes a profound impact on [...]

This article is designed to put to rest some fears prospective students may have if they haven’t heard first hand experiences of the technique. To help understand Alexander Technique, it may be useful to know that it does not involve the following:
Back cracking manipulation
The teacher’s hands suggest certain attitudes by a very subtle touch. [...]

In the moment of performance
Transcription of an address by Jeremy Woolhouse 11th October 2006
In 2006 the Australian Society of Teachers of the Alexander Technique invited Jeremy Woolhouse to address a function celebrating International Alexander Technique Awareness Week. The address transcribed here preceded a solo piano performance, and was one of several presentations given that [...]