Quotes about the Alexander Technique
Things famous people have said about us
97% of people with back pain could benefit by
learning the Alexander Technique - it is only a very small minority of back
pain sufferers that require medical intervention such as surgery.
Jack Stern, spinal neurosurgeon
I find The Alexander Technique very helpful in my
work. Things happen without you trying. They get to be light and relaxed. You
must get an Alexander teacher to show it to you.
John Cleese, actor
Mr Alexander has done a service to the subject [of
the study of reflex and voluntary movement] by insistently treating each act as
involving the whole integrated individual, the whole psychophysical man. To
take a step is an affair, not of this or that limb solely, but of the total
neuromuscular activity of the moment, not least of the head and neck.
Sir Charles Sherrington, neurophysiologist
We already notice, with growing amazement, very
striking improvements in such diverse things as high blood pressure, breathing,
depth of sleep, overall cheerfulness and mental alertness, resilience against
outside pressures, and in such a refined skill as playing a musical instrument.
Professor Nicholas Tinbergen, Nobel Prize winner
for medicine and physiology
The Alexander Technique will benefit anyone whether
they are an elite athlete or whether they just wish to live life without the
aches and pains that many people suffer and accept as part of life. It is a
pity that these techniques are not shown to us all at an early age for I have
no doubt that this would alleviate many of the causes of ill health in our
communities.
Greg Chappell Australian test cricketer (1970 -
1984)
The Alexander Technique works... I recommend it
enthusiastically to anyone who has neck pains or back pain.
Roald Dahl, writer
Alexander established not only the beginnings of a
far reaching science of the apparently involuntary movements that we call
reflexes, but a technique of correction and self control which forms a
substantial addition to our very slender resources in personal education.
George Bernard Shaw, writer, Nobel Prize winner for
literature
It gives us all the things we have been looking for
in a system of physical education: relief from strain due to maladjustment, and
consequent improvement in physical and mental health, increased consciousness
of the physical means employed to gain the ends proposed by the will and, along
with this, a general heightening of consciousness on all levels... We cannot ask
more from any system of physical education; nor, if we seriously desire to
alter human beings in a desirable direction, can we ask any less.
Aldous Huxley, writer
I love the Alexander Technique. It has corrected my
posture, improved my health and changed my life.
Alec McCowen CBE, actor
The Technique's many benefits for actors include
minimized tension, centeredness, vocal relaxation, and responsiveness,
mind/body connection and about an inch and a half of additional height.
Kevin Kline, actor
The Alexander Technique makes a real difference to
my often tense and busy life. Its thoughtful approach has made me calmer,
improved my concentration and given me a clearer sense of my own well being. I
am grateful for it.
Joan Bakewell, TV presenter and journalist
I amlucky enough to be able to recommend it to anyone ! Janey G
