Mrs Sarah Tovey

Teacher of The Alexander Technique

How will I benefit?

Lessons in the Alexander Technique address our underlying postural and mental habits that give rise to aches, pains, anxiety and fatigue.

A series of lessons will help you achieve more freedom and lightness in movement and give you a more youthful posture through changing your balance and poise. Other reported benefits include gains in self-confidence, improved sleeping habits, reduction in lower back pain, neck pain and stiffness.

Regular lessons can reduce difficulties brought about by undue stress and anxiety, and may also help to improve breathing, and diminish circulatory and digestive problems and help with weight loss.

Lessons will add a new dimension of personal awareness, creativity and well-being to most peoples' lives.

What can I expect from lessons

Lessons involve exploring how you do what you do through activity work using the principles of inhibition and direction. It is your opportunity to learn to have greater ease and comfort in any activity that you enjoy from cooking, knitting, golf, to running, cycling, swimming and yoga.

We may start with simple everyday activities such as sitting, standing and bending, and many pupils benefit from working lying down on the teaching table exploring unrecognised patterns of tension held in the body.

Lessons are about 40 minutes long, and can be arranged at a time to suit you. If you are new to the Alexander Technique the introductory lesson will take about 50 minutes.

I teach on a one-to-one basis from my home in Radyr. I have a ground floor teaching room with easy access and parking.

What to wear

As you will be asked to move about quite a lot, it is best to wear comfortable loose trousers and top and to bring a pair of socks if you have bare feet. You will be asked to remove only your coat and shoes.