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	ACHIEVE PEAK PERFORMANCE The Alexander Technique is a psychophysical education that provides a clear, systematic approach to the underlying principles that govern all human movement. AT relieves tension, rigidity, strain, and fatigue throughout the body. These disorders are replaced by grace, poise, confidence, and energy. Professional athletes like John McEnroe have used AT to improve their game. AT lessons realign the body (and mind) in order to release unnecessary tension and improve freedom of movement. In the process, you'll relieve compression in your spine, counter gravity, and find yourself "higher" with a sense of expansion, lightness, and energy.  Lessons provide an education into the mechanics of the body, your movement patterns (one's somatic experience of themselves) in your everyday life. AT deals with kinesthetic perception, "the sensations of position and movement, of heaviness and lightness, of tension and release, of effort and ease." The purpose of AT is to organize this information within yourself so that it can be perceived in relation to stimuli coming from outside yourself. It's like having an owner's manual to your body. "[The Alexander] technique is finding an ever-widening role among people with chronic pain and tension. Basically, it helps people shed long-established habits and relearn how to use their bodies with ease." New York Times, 6/21/99