It might seem strange in today's world of modern medicine and all its high-tech treatments that a low-tech re-educational system developed by a Tasmanian more than 100 years ago has become more valid – and more needed - than ever. As today’s teachers of the Alexander Technique we see its remarkable results in ourselves and those we teach. Over-worked, uncentred, stressed-out people from all walks of life can regain their zest for living and learn to achieve good functioning with a series of lessons in the technique.

Our aim
As a professional organization, Alexander Technique Education Inc. (ATE) upholds Alexander’s original principles and a high standard of teaching of the technique in order to maintain its integrity.

This site is about promoting the Alexander Technique and providing the information and resources to continue to develop the Technique in a manner true to the processes used by F.M. Alexander when he first laid out his discovery 100 years ago.

The technique is not a treatment, a therapy or a magic bullet, but a way of teaching us how best to use our minds and bodies in a co-ordinated and balanced manner.

A journey of discovery
Other than an alternative to therapies such as massage, Bowen, Reiki or Pilates etc., the technique is a fundamental approach to changing your responses to life’s stresses and uniting the use of your mind and body so as to achieve economy, efficiency and poise in all acts of living. It is used by musicians, actors and sports and business people worldwide.

Much more than a remedial treatment, it offers a life-long journey of self-discovery.

John McClure Brown 1950 - 2008 A tribute.

People sometimes ask if the Alexander Technique is like yoga or acupuncture or if it is an alternative therapy or the derivative of an eastern discipline. It is none of these. more >