F M Alexander (1869-1955) was an Australian actor and professional speaker whose

career was threatened by the recurrence of throat and voice problems. The best medical advice failed to provide more than temporary respite, so he began a patient and meticulous investigation of his own. His observations were extraordinarily acute and in working his way to a means to prevent his own problems he made far-reaching discoveries about the use and function of the individual, which he gradually formulated into a technique.

People began to come to him for help, some referred by their doctors, and he built up a practice first in Sydney then in London where in 1931 started the first training course for teachers. He was well thought of by the medical profession and supported in his ideas by the first and foremost neurologist of the day Sir Charles Sherrington. To have Alexander work was the height of fashion and he numbered among his pupils famous actors, sportsmen, writers – even a prime minister and a winner of the Nobel Prize for Physiology and Medicine.

The Alexander Technique has been taught for over 100 years and there are now fifteen training schools in Britain and many others throughout the world. Demand for the Alexander Technique increases as modern work patterns continue to place stress and strain on health.

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