Discover the Alexander Technique

Unlock a new way of moving, thinking, and being. The Alexander Technique offers a path to greater ease, efficiency, and awareness in your daily life. Explore how this powerful method can transform your movement patterns and enhance your overall well-being.

The most valuable knowledge we can possess is that of the use and functioning of the self.

- FM Alexander 

What is the Alexander Technique?

The Alexander Technique is a method for changing habitual patterns through increased awareness, stillness, and conscious choice in how to move with more freedom. It's about recognizing and releasing ingrained tensions that interfere with your natural coordination.

The Alexander Technique was developed by Frederick Matthias Alexander (1869–1955), an Australian actor who experienced recurring vocal problems that threatened his stage career.Unable to find a lasting solution through conventional treatments, Alexander carefully observed his own movement habits and discovered that excessive muscular tension and unnecessary effort were interfering with his voice. Over years of experimentation, he developed practical principles for improving coordination, movement, and overall functioning. These principles became known as the Alexander Technique and continue to be taught worldwide today.

Who can benefit from lessons?

The Alexander Technique is for anyone who wants to move through life with greater ease, efficiency, and awareness. Whether you're dealing with physical discomfort, looking to improve performance, or simply interested in developing healthier movement habits, lessons can help you discover a more balanced and coordinated way of using your body.

People commonly seek lessons to:

  • Reduce tension caused by repetitive movement habits
  • Improve comfort with back, neck, and shoulder pain
  • Support recovery from sciatica, frozen shoulder, or rotator cuff injuries
  • Improve posture through better whole-body coordination
  • Enhance yoga, Pilates, or fitness practice while helping reduce the risk of unnecessary strain
  • Improve athletic, dance, musical, or vocal performance
  • Sit more comfortably for meditation
  • Manage stress and performance anxiety for presentations, auditions, and public speaking
  • Support well-being during pregnancy and postpartum
  • Develop greater ease and confidence in everyday activities

My unique approach: Alexander Technique and Yoga Therapy

My unique integration of the Alexander Technique and yoga therapy helps illuminate the relationship between how we think, how we move, and how those patterns influence our physical, mental, and emotional well-being. These modalities complement each other beautifully.

The Alexander Technique addresses how you use yourself, while yoga therapy focuses on how you care for yourself—supporting recovery, managing stress, building resilience, and improving overall health through personalized practices.

"People do not decide their futures; they decide their habits, and their habits decide their futures." - FM Alexander

What to expect 

Even after your very first lesson, you will gain a much better sense of how applying Alexander principles can engage your postural movement system, making movement easier, lighter, and more available. You will learn practical tools to bring greater awareness and freedom into your daily activities, fostering a more balanced and coordinated way of moving.

Working with Sara has changed my life in significant ways.  Because of chronic back and neck pain, I was a writer who couldn't sit, a teacher who hated to stand, and a father who yearned to (but couldn't) carry my son around on my shoulders.  Some days, the only thing that didn't hurt my back and neck was lying down. I'd tried chiropractic, massage, PT, heat, ice, ultrasound, acupuncture, yoga, magnets, weird pillows they sell on TV at 2am... you name it, I'd tried it.  Alexander Technique has been the only practice to give me both short- and long-term relief and results (four years and counting), and Sara's teaching of AT helped the teachings stick. The lessons went deep-- helping me develop greater body-mind awareness and integration-- and were very concrete and practical-- learning new and healthier ways to sit, stand, empty the dishwasher, write at the desk, slice an apple, and carry my son. Most importantly, I learned to understand my body's natural intelligence, and how to let it re-direct itself when stuck-ness or pain was coming... often in a few minutes. Alexander Technique ain't liposuction, folks-- it's no overnight miracle-- but it does give you the awareness and methods to make healthy, lasting changes. Sara's teaching is gentle, personal, and focused on the long game, and working with her has been a blessing. - John, executive director,  non government organization

I was Sara's student for several years and cannot recommend her highly enough.  She is knowledgeable, patient, professional, and warm.  Her explanations were clear and sensible and her assistance made a concrete difference in my posture/the way I use my body.  - Darcie, educator

Studying Alexander Technique with Sara literally changed my life.  Whether one is coming from a need for help with a specific physical ailment, or stress and anxiety relief, her understanding and approach to working with each individual situation is profoundly effective.  Please try a series and see for yourself.  - Susan, musician

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