Increased muscular tension is one of the side effects of coping with the fast  pace of life. Long working hours and disturbed sleeping patterns often result in an inability to learn how to stop and relax properly. The greater the pressure to succeed and achieve more, the more stress and tension that is  generated, putting enormous strain on ourselves. We often expect to have to cope with the resulting backaches, headaches, tiredness and stiffness as if they are part of living. Even exercise can compound muscular aches and pains if undertaken using  habitual patterns of tension.

The Alexander Technique teaches individuals to recognise and prevent habitual responses to life that lead to poor posture  and re-educate the body to prevent damage.