Christopher Fortescue

i first became acquainted with the alexander technique in the late 1980s while trying to figure out why my back was no longer working as it should. i was doing a lot of cycling and swimming, but obviously something in the way i was moving was causing complications. the technique fixed my back, and in the process revealed a deep and fascinating relationship between thought - conscious and unconscious - and action.

how do we perceive ourselves and the material and social world in which we are immersed? to what extent are we aware of what we're doing from moment to moment? how much of our response to stimuli is governed by habit? the alexander technique is a way into and through some of these questions. it's very practical and easy to apply in everyday situations - simple, direct, yet always opening onto a deepening understanding of the complexity of embodiment.