Welcome to the website for Carmen Barral, Alexander Technique teacher in Hanwell, London W7, Ealing W5 and Central London.
The Alexander Technique: A skill for life
We are all born with a natural grace that, when we are very young, enables us to move effortlessly. However, as we grow older, all sorts of things in our daily lives – physical and emotional experiences, learned behaviour, lifestyle and personal circumstances – interfere with this. These gradually become bad habits, ones so ingrained that we are hardly aware of them.
Before long, our bodies stop working properly. The result: back, neck and shoulder pain, stress, stiffness, breathlessness and poor co-ordination. Eventually we end up looking, feeling and even thinking old instead of moving gracefully as we once did.
A voyage of discovery
Is this decline inevitable? Absolutely not. The way our bodies work can be greatly improved by learning the Alexander Technique, a practical self-help method through which our neuro-muscular system is re-educated.
The Alexander Technique can help in many different ways:
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it alleviates conditions associated with tension and poor posture
- it produces greater poise and balance
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it helps people to manage stress
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it accelerates recovery following injury or illness
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it allows disabled people to cope better.
Essentially the Technique improves the way we use ourselves – mind and body – in everyday life, how we move, rest, breathe, talk and react. Learning it can become a voyage of discovery that will help you for the rest of your life.
Latest research
"Lessons in the Alexander Technique have long-term benefits for chronic back pain"
Clinical Research published by the British Medical Journal (www.bmj.com)
For more research papers on the AT visit www.stat.org.uk
Alexander Technique lessons with Carmen Barral, BA, M STAT
(020) 8578 5789
0776 346 4920