Home Upcoming Events Benefits Who is F. M. Alexander? Mystery of the Mind Peak Performance Relief & Prevention Secret of the Stars Individual Lessons Testimonials Links	UNLOCK THE MYSTERY OF THE MIND The Alexander Technique can fine-tune awareness and connection between body and mind. Everyday we are bombarded with stimuli to which, on the whole, we react immediately without stopping to think. In fact, many of our problems stem from the fact that we don't think! Most of the time we act and react in our own habitual way. Bent on getting the job done, we give little thought as to how we do it and this leads us into bad habits: we tighten our necks, compress our ribcage, tense our muscles, and hold our breath. AT zeroes in on what Alexander called the mysterious "critical moment" in your thinking. The critical moment occurs within the continuous stimulus/response loop happening in your mind. At that critical moment, AT attempts to install "new software" in your thinking (within this stimulus/response loop) to choose a better response. Can you really re-wire your mind? Yes, AT sets a person free from the tyranny of habit and destructive patterns. In its place, AT allows for rational, reasoned conscious thinking. This has scientifically been shown to produce marked health benefits. "[The AlexanderTechnique shows someone] how to control nature within himself, that is to say, how to control his own reactions to the external world." F. M. Alexander