Is the Alexander Technique the same as posture education and body mechanics?
There is a distinction between the Alexander Technique and body mechanics or posture education. The Alexander Technique teaches you to think in a new way. Your perception of what is actually happening to your muscles and joints is clarified. You gain a new understanding of how your pattern of thinking may be affecting the state of your muscles and joints. You become aware of harmful habitual movement patterns and faulty thinking. Once familiar with an alternative freer experience in movement, you can choose it! When posture and movement mechanics improve after lessons in the Alexander Technique, the change is a by-product of a new way of thinking about movement. The student of the Alexander Technique’s new general coordination is a result of consistently utilizing a particular thought process and a particular relationship of head, neck, back and limbs in activity. The profound connection between the mind and muscular response is unique to the Alexander Technique and is the basis for a
