Angela East Alexander Technique

At what age do children begin to misuse themselves? I visited a Primary school recently, where not unusually, in the Reception class, only six children could sit well cross-legged on the floor. All the others and all of the children in the higher classes had collapsed spines, both while sitting on the floor and when sitting on the chairs. The latter is not surprising, since furniture is designed to be cheap rather than to support the children's backs.

While taking master classes in the USA recently, the teenagers and younger children who were taking part were incredibly stiff, many of them unable to bend their knees or to move at all while playing their instruments.

If parents began to notice what was happening they would be up in arms and everyone would want the Alexander Technique.


























There are so many options now:

15 minute Postural assessment  £10

Gift vouchers for Xmas  £35 each

For a course of 1-1 lessons beginning in January, 6 lessons for the price of 5 (£175)

Gift voucher for 30 mins. massage and 30 mins Alexander Technique £50

Group lessons (max 4):
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Improve your posture
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Discovery Club for children (max 6)
£10 per visit

Yesterday I went to the Open Day at Mayday Hospital in Croydon and visited the orthopaedic and trauma department, where a young doctor presented a slideshow of three cases of broken bones. Afterwards, during the questions, one lady asked about posture. Most of the information that the doctor gave her was good but he told her to keep her chin up! If she does this, she is most likely to contract the back of her neck and thereby compress the vertebrae in her neck, an effect which is likely to radiate down her spine to her lower back. I wish the medical profession would make good use of the Alexander Technique profession!