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Alexander Technique Makes You Hotter. And: A Better Musician.

August 20, 2024 1 min read

Unless you have pristine posture already. With a balanced spine, your:

face will relax in ways it never has

face will relax in ways it never has

speech will be clearer

speech will be clearer

body will stand taller

body will stand taller

walking stride will be more fluid

walking stride will be more fluid

imbalance-based muscle pain will dissipate

imbalance-based muscle pain will dissipate

Alexander Technique Makes You Hotter. And: A Better Musician.

History Frederick Matthias Alexander was an actor who had recurring vocal problems. In the 1890s he studied how his phonation was affected by his body alignment. He developed the practice now known as Alexander Technique (AT). My Story Amy, my vocal coach, told me that my body tended to contort which limited my ability to create clear sung vowels and suggested I visit an AT coach named Elizabeth.

Over the last year, I learned to balance my bones rather than force their positioning. You can too, it is worth it.

A Note

AT requires practice and adjusting to new-found proprioception. Going through it feels like going through a second puberty. As a harp player, it feels like stepping backwards since I have to re-map my finger positions constantly. But, I maintain a willingness to step backward if it means gaining a proper foundation - which is, essentially, stepping up.