"Balance is a vital aspect of good hammer throwing and getting the head, neck, spine and pelvis in the correct relationship enables the balance of the throw to come so much more easily. Once the balance is settled there is enormous improvement in turning speed". HOWARD PAYNE, Commonwealth Record hammer thrower
"The Alexander Technique works.... I recommend it enthusiastically to anyone who has neck pains or back pain".ROALD DAHL, writer
"Alexander established not only the beginnings of a far reaching science of the apparently involuntary movements, that we call reflexes, but a technique of correcition and self control which forms a substantial addition to our very slender resources in personal education." GEORGE BERNARD SHAW, Writer, Nobel prize winner for literature
"It gives us all the things we have been looking for in a system of physical education: relief from strain due to maladjustment, and consequent improvement in physical and mental health, increased consciousness of the physical means employed to gain the ends proposed by will and, along with this, a general heightening of consciousness on all levels... We cannot ask more from any system of physical education; nor, if we seriously desire to alter human beings in a desirable direction, can we ask any less." ALDOUS HUXLEY, writer
"I love the Alexander Technique. It has corrected my posture, improved my health and changed my life." ALEX MCCOWEN, CBE, actor
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"The Alexander Technique makes a real difference to my often tense and busy life. Its thoughtful approach has made me calmer, improved my concentration and given me a clearer sense of my own wellbeing. I am grateful for it". JOAN BAKEWELL, TV presenter and journalist
"The Alexander Technique has helped me to undo knots, unblock energy, and deal with almost paralysing stagefright" WILLIAM HURT, Actor
"The Technique's many benefits for actors include minimised tension, centeredness, vocal relaxation, and responsiveness, mind/body connection and about an inch and a half of additional height" KEVIN KLINE, Actor
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