At the moment, many thousands of business owners are suddenly seeking ways to offer services online. If you can still benefit your clients that way, fair en...

Are you in reflective mood? Are you looking back not just over this year, but the last decade? My head spins to think about how much life has changed. It ...

Weekly drop-in class, Tuesdays 7pm with a friendly and fully qualified ITM Alexander Technique teacher in Clifton, Bristol, UK. In this class, early lessons ...

Which do you notice more... the five hundred things that are going well, or the one thing that isn't?

Anyone who has experienced anxiety, panic, grief, rage or despair may recognise the metaphor (and sensation) of being in a maelstrom...

A curious thing happens when someone successfully eliminates some or all of their tension by putting Alexander’s principles into practice...

...I refused to believe that the problem was hopeless.” So writes FM Alexander in his third book; a considerable way into the long, long (really, very long i...

Marketing experts always recommend speaking to prospective clients' ‘pain points’. This is entirely reasonable when you’re seeking to attract those who would...

Great lesson with a lovely photographer, exploring how she uses her camera and how she might reduce strain and fatigue in her chosen work. Mireya is very sli...

I broke my wrist last week - tripped over my slippers, letting our new puppy out for a wee at 2.30am. Heigh-ho, a silly accident. I am so thankful all the wo...

I was talking to my wonderful sister the other night. She’s a counsellor who helps many people through all kinds of deep mental and emotional torment and sh...

I often get to work with people at their desktops or laptops, but this week I had the rare pleasure of something rather different; a look at the silversmithi...

So, this beautiful new website is up and running and it really is super-fancy and impressive. I am so thankful to designer Helen Game, who has done an abso...

Well now, this is an odd thing about the Alexander Technique.  Sometimes (especially in early lessons) people make a constructive, positive change, i.e. they...

Caveats: 1. Though we always work ‘in activity’ in ITM Alexander Technique lessons, we don't address specific issues like lower back problems directly but wo...

Ever slide into this kind of thinking?  I still catch myself, sometimes.  The constant bombardment of (apparent) advertising perfection plays a part.  You kn...

“When I’m feeling sad…” Everyone has painful memories. For the luckier among us, they aren’t bad enough to affect present-day life too adversely. For other...

Are you fit and muscly? Try squeezing your bicep without ‘flexing’ it. Is it squashy, or rather ‘bouncy’? Which is preferable? Many people like the idea ...

Hot flushes at forty-two.  I would have minded less without all the “gosh, that’s SO early!” “Oh dear, you’re very young for that, aren’t you?” - as if I’d s...

What is it with this practically phobic response to the idea of consciously directed thinking? “Eeuw, all that ‘think yourself happy sh*t!” or, “oh, yeah, ri...