I teach what you could call classical lessons in the Technique. I work with the chair first, to start with you where you are as you come in, as you’ve been during your day. After some time, we move to work on the table, primarily to focus on the Alexander principle of ‘leaving yourself alone’ (what Alexander called the practice of inhibition). The work on the table is also designed to facilitate further ‘lengthening and widening’ of your musculature and physical structure. We return to the chair to continue exploring how to employ ‘the primary control of use’ while maintaining the increased expansion of your musculature and body with the quietness and sense of inhibition that results from the table work.

I like to remind my students that what we call the Alexander Technique began as “A New Method for Respiratory and Vocal Re-Education.” To the end of his life, Alexander considered his technique to be respiratory re-education. Without calling undue attention to breathing, which would make the student self-conscious and cause interference with natural respiration, I emphasize the practice of Alexander’s “whispered ah” procedure, which works directly and quite consciously with breathing.

Another aspect I emphasize in lessons is the Dart Procedures, as developed by my teachers, Joan and Alex Murray. These are a series of exploratory poses and movements inspired by Professor Raymond Dart’s understanding of human developmental movement.

I schedule introductory lessons for 1 hour and subsequent lessons are approximately 45 minutes.