Become Your Own Therapist

A Dentist does not have to explain what a Dentist does.

However, a BodyChance teacher of Alexander's discovery is not widely understood. Even now - I am sure you wonder what we can do?

If your tooth hurts, you go to a Dentist.

If your back hurts - who do you go to?

There are so many who can help with that: Doctors, Physical Therapists, Chiropractors, Osteopaths, Seitai Practitioners - why, even Pilates and Yoga instructors offer to help you reduce back pain and stiff shoulders.

And now add to that your local Alexscovery teacher. You.

What the heck do you do?

Well, for a start - you're not A THERAPIST. You are an educator.

In the Alexander world - which is very different - there is nothing wrong with you. Yes, your back is hurting, and it should be worrying. Yes, you have a stiff shoulder, and it is right that you have a stiff shoulder.

Your bad back, your stiff shoulder - both are perfect.

Because without that pain - you would not do anything. 

And you need to do something.

The pain is waking you up. It is your neuro-muscular system letting you know that you are not co-operating with your biomechanical design.

It is time to change.

But how?

This is why Alexander's discovery is so important. 

Alexander saw that all vertebrates - not just humans - use movement to calibrate the health of all other systems. More than what you eat or how much you exercise - how you move is the vital factor in your health.

And pain tells that you are not moving well.

And pain comes in many varieties and sizes – and it usually doesn't start out physically. It usually starts out as an idea. The idea may be about how you are supposed to walk appropriately, or it can be a worry prompted by the COVID-19 virus, or what your partner thinks of you these days.

Ideas and worries quickly become beliefs, and beliefs are the source of a lot of suffering. Beliefs are movements; beliefs are postural. Rather than deal directly with the belief, you can start indirectly by changing your physical reaction to your belief.

This kind of practice is what people desperately need today – except they don't know they need us.

It is our job to communicate that. Teaching is not just about the person you can see; it's also about the person you can not see, the person you don't know yet.

Because they are your future as a teacher – they can nourish and sustain Alexander's Discovery in the world by being part of your practice.

Which is why I created ATSuccess Foundations course – the first complete course explicitly designed for Alexander Technique teachers, that has let to the birth of many successful businesses.

Are you next?

Read about my ATSuccess Foundations course here - subscribe to my free 12 Steps seminar on that page – or jump in and start the online course. It's a good time to stay in the house and study. My curriculum includes live online coaching sessions too. Read more about it:

https://atsuccess.com/foundations