About AT The Alexander Technique was developed by F. Matthias Alexander (1869-1955) at the turn of the twentieth century. One of the goals of AT is to restore accuracy of the kinesthetic sense. AT focuses on awareness of habitual reactions with an emphasis on movement and coordination.

It is difficult to stop hunching, scrunching and "tensing up" when we have been doing so for so long that it starts to feel normal. Yet these habits affect everything we set out to do. The ability to recognize, stop, and change poor habits gives us choices about how we move and react. This skill restores innate coordination which indirectly improves specific activities such as mountain climbing, typing, playing the flute, or working in the garden. Many aches and pains can be minimized or even nipped in the bud when we realize what we are doing to contribute to them. AT is a technique of using ourselves better that we can apply to all activities, from working at a computer, to negotiating with a co-worker, to performing household chores. AT teachers work with professional musicians, actors, physicians, teachers, coaches, lawyers and homemakers who learn AT to combat a variety of problems including back pain, poor posture, hoarseness, and stage fright.

As philosopher John Dewey said, "The Alexander Technique bears the same relation to education that education itself bears to all other human activities."

AT is taught worldwide at schools and universities throughout the world, including the Juilliard School, Yale School of Drama, University of Illinois, London Royal College of Music, the American Dance festival, New York University and Hunter College. Students of the Technique range from well-known performers such as Sting, Kevin Kline, John Cleese, Robin Williams, Paul Newman, James Earl Jones, Julie Andrews, to Nobel Prize-winning scientist Nikolaas Tinbergen, philosoher John Dewey and writers Aldous Huxley and George Bernard Shaw. For testimonials from famous folks, see the Quotations section.