3. I cannot recommend Sara too highly – Phil Williams
I was drawn to the Alexander Technique because I had read that it improves posture and back-related pain, something I had suffered from for some years following a back operation. I started taking Alexander Technique lessons with Sara once a week over three years ago. I was immediately drawn to her approach of light physical manipulation combined with a areadiness to answere and debate the many questions I had about the Technique – I am one of those people who needs to know what I am doing – an how it can affect our lives for the better.
Within a number of weeks, I felt that my appalling posture was improving and felt lighter and more aware of myself physically. I also realised that I was no longer suffering from my recurrent shoulder and neck pain.
After about two years, I dropped to less frequent sessions. I do not believe I am the most disciplined of pupils but I feel that as well as relieving me of physical pain, the Alexander Technique has helped me enormously in questioning, and abandoning to some extent, mistaken and dysfunctional mental habits I hold on to, with the result that I feel a calmer and more self-aware person than I was, a little more able to live in the moment and little less susceptible to always thinking about the end result.
For those who want to explore the Technique with an expert and challenging teach, I cannot recommend Sara too highly
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