Trauma and the Alexander Technique

When trauma is stored in the body it can interfere with ease of movement. Developing awareness of the body is one of the ways I help people heal physically-stored trauma. The Alexander Technique teaches you to:

• Increase body awareness

• Change inefficient habits

• Enliven sensory skills
  

The awareness gained from the Alexander Technique leads to becoming more fully embodied and present in the here and now. When too much stimulus enters our system too quickly, trauma occurs, and if unprocessed this energy gets stuck.

Changing how we inhabit ourselves involves consciously releasing unnecessary muscular tension which leads to understanding of how we’ve been holding and gripping ourselves in response to the traumatic event.

The Alexander Technique develops awareness of the mind-body connection, leading to freer movement and the ability to harness and direct the energy of our thoughts - creating spaciousness, calm and flow instead of tension, anxiousness and worry.

My goal is for you to have the experience of being:

• Settled in your nervous system

• Supported in your body

• Clear in your mind

• Present in your heart, and

• In touch with your soul
  

Developing awareness leads to developing compassion. Experience unrestricted movement, lightness, poise and balance, and a body that feels more like home.

If stuck energy doesn’t have the ability to move, all sorts of symptoms can develop:

• Headaches, constipation, anxiety

• Hunched or stiff posture

• Fatigue, lack of presence, clouded thoughts
  

Often we don’t realize how we’re holding this energy in place because we don’t have the tools, or unconscious thoughts, beliefs and attitudes are keeping the energy from moving.