Benefits
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Benefits for musicians, actors, and dancers include:
Improved stage presence
Fuller, easier breathing
Improved vocal resonance
Reduced tension in performance and strategies to combat stage fright
Command and ownership of your instrument
A more expressive body and voice
Progress overcoming technical challenges
Deep emotional access
Injury prevention and rehabilitation
The ability to tap more clearly into your artistic voice
A framework for continual improvement
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Benefits of lesson for runners and athletes include:
Anatomical Accuracy
Pain free movement
Energy Efficiency
Stride Length
Foot Striking
Hip and Arm Movement
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Benefits of lessons for Public Speaking include:
Open and Confident Posture
Easy Breathing
Enhanced Vocal Quality
Centering and Stress Management
Authentic and natural presence
Active Listening and Conversational Give and Take with an audience
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Benefits of lessons for better wellbeing include:
Increased stability
Uses mindset tools to break the pattern of chronic pain
Reduces reliance on compensatory patterns
Helps with reducing joint compression
Enhances movement efficiency
How Danielle Thomas and the Alexander Technique Help SFCM’s Musicians
Can Better Posture Lead to a Better Life?
Randomized controlled trial of Alexander technique lessons, exercise, and massage (ATEAM) for chronic and recurrent back pain
Reductions in co-contraction following neuromuscular re-education in people with knee osteoarthritis
Effects of Alexander Technique training experience on gait behavior in older adults
Medical and Scientific Research and Endorsements of the Alexander Technique