I first came across the Alexander Technique while looking for solutions to various ailments, including difficulties in recuperating my ability to walk after an accident. My doctor couldn't put my problems into any clear category. A very nice podiatrist said I had the flattest feet he'd ever seen and added that, while I was too old to develop arches and well beyond his help, the crippling trouble I experienced had surely originated with the (lack of!) balance of my head...
This pronouncement from a health professional opened my mind to what I read in a book about the Alexander Technique (which had fortuitously found its way into my hands at around the same time). After a year of lone experimentation (and having had some success with regards to improving mobility, but sensing that there was much more I wasn't getting) I decided to take the plunge and find a teacher.
By the second lesson I was convinced of two things. First, that this technique was addressing the problem that had been holding me back throughout my life, one so basic that I had never been able even to perceive it clearly (apart from dimly noticing that the harder I tried to do something well, the more crippling the pain). Secondly, that I wanted eventually to train to teach it to others.
I have since deepened my understanding by working with some great teachers in Europe, Australia and South America. In 2013 I graduated from the full-time three year teacher training course in Buenos Aires, approved by the UK-based Society of Teachers of the Alexander Technique, of which I am a certified member.
I live in Montevideo, Uruguay, where I enjoy walking along the rambla with fully functioning arches in my feet, and offer one-to-one Alexander classes at the Alexander school in Malvin.
