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Alexander Technique

Gill Cooke

Alexander Technique straight bodyThe Alexander Technique helps millions of people across the world to naturally overcome:

Muscle tension and stiffness
Back, neck and joint pain
Poor posture
Breathing and vocal problems
Anxiety and stress-related conditions

People use the Technique to:

Improve performance and prevent injury
In music, drama and sport
Enhance business and presentation skills
Develop ease and elegance in movement
Support pregnancy and childbirth

…or simply because they want to change conditions that stop them enjoying a happy healthy life.

How will the technique help me?

The technique works by helping you to identify and prevent
The harmful postural habits that maybe the cause of stress and pain.
You will learn to release tension and rediscover balance of mind and body.Learning to use yourself better with poised natural body alignment will help improve overall functioning and wellbeing.

Medical Research Council funded trial relating to lower back pain

Daily Telegraph 20.8.2008 Quote

‘The Technique helps to align the head, neck and back muscles. The patients reported less pain and a better quality of life after taking up the technique and some said they were able to do things which previously had been difficult, such as walking noprmally, getting out and about and doing household jobs’.

Daily Mail 20.9.2008 Quote

‘Sit up and take note of best way to beat back pain’

Gill Cooke

Gill trained in Oxford with Dick and Elisabeth Walker and qualified in 1991.

She has since worked in private practice in London, Warwick and now back in the Pewsey/Marlborough area. She has also worked in the Music Department of Warwick University.

In one to one sessions and Gill teaches people how to apply the technique in everyday life. She also runs workshops relating to musicians and horse riders.

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